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Etymology edit

non- +‎ vanilla

Adjective edit

nonvanilla (not comparable)

  1. Not vanilla (standard or mundane, especially of sexual activity); unusual or kinky.
    • 1997, Nassim Taleb, Dynamic hedging: managing vanilla and exotic options:
      A nonvanilla option will be more precisely sensitive to the forward volatility in the market between its inception and its stopping time.
    • 1999, Steven Zeeland, Military trade:
      That's when I started doing a lot more nonvanilla. With Guy, the Marine from LA, I had more of an intellectual relationship.
    • 2001, Alice Alfonsi, John Scognamiglio, Dark Seductions: Tales of Erotic Horror:
      The nonvanilla sex would probably turn out to be B&D, handcuffs, spanking, and the like.

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