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| Tue 2 Feb 10, 10:40 PM clubslut UK(B), 3 yrs   |
I've seen the term "Rope Bunny" used on a few threads on here and wondered where it came from. I've done a quick search on the web to try and find where the term came from but can't find anything obvious. Any ideas? | |
| 2 Feb 10, 10:45 PM passion8 UK(SW), 3 yrs |
Rhyming slang. Bunny Rabbit = Habit. Someone who is addicted to rope. Best I can do. xx
This is not just any scene, This is an S&M scene xx Edited 2 Feb 10, 10:46 PM by passion8 | |
| 2 Feb 10, 11:57 PM The_Perfect_Sadist UK(PO), 4 yrs |
You're right, the etymology is obscure. I think there's a desire among some bdsm people to coin handy phrases to fit common kinks; sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I always felt for instance that the phrase "chubby chaser" while pleasingly alliterative, was demeaning to fat girls. The term "rubberist" (a French coinage) has never really caught on and most of us prefer something like "rubber perve." I've always assumed that rope bunny is one of those attempted neologisms that doesn't quite come off. I'd be very interested to know how lovers of rope feel about the term? On this subject I once met a lovely lady from here on IC who is very much into rope bondage. She said something I've never forgotten: "You only have to show me a piece of rope and I start to come". I realised then that people who love rope, really really really love rope. So maybe Rope Bunny isn't a bad name. There is more than one way to skin a cat but there is only one try per cat | |
| 3 Feb 10, 12:00 AM AstronautMikeDexter UK(E), 2 yrs |
Nothing more than a cute diminutive. Bunnies - cute Girls really into being tied up also cute --- Ha! Edited 3 Feb 10, 12:01 AM by AstronautMikeDexter | |
| 3 Feb 10, 12:01 AM Cleric UK(M), 10 yrs    |
I think the idea comes from the Playboy bunnies, ie. just stand there and look pretty, while I wrap some rope around you.  Manchester FAB Munch | |
| 3 Feb 10, 12:34 AM Pallando UK, 10 yrs |
I think the phrase "bondage bunny" was around before "rope bunny". It doesn't derive from playboy. It comes from the usage of "bunny" meaning "an enthusiast for a particular activity", as for example the soldier's slang "gun bunny". | |
| 3 Feb 10, 1:13 AM Thistle US, 4 yrs |
Interesting that you see it that way. As a fat girl, I find it oddly empowering to use words like fat, chubby, etc. rather than the kinder "BBW" et al. I see Rope Bunny as something fairly similar. It's like having permission to go all soft, cuddly and silly when wrapped up in rope.
love the brave but avoid cowards, knowing the gratitude of cowards is small ~Praxilla of Sicyon Edited 3 Feb 10, 1:14 AM by Thistle | |
| 3 Feb 10, 1:27 AM Mistress_Susannah UK(SE), 6 yrs £ |
I always presumed it was to do with having someone to experiment on, as in bunnies used for make-up tests etc.... It's a little nicer than saying "rope rat"! | |
| 3 Feb 10, 7:53 AM Eclectic_shock UK(SW), 7 yrs |
Gag guinea pig? Bondage Beagle? Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Bloody Satnav | |
| 3 Feb 10, 8:03 AM greg_west UK(BS), 4 yrs |
hmmm well as someone who uses ropes for climbing rock as well.. I know mountaineers havea term for attractive women that others are climbing with.. a "belay bunny (belayer is the person who holds the other end of the rope to stop your fall) | |
| 3 Feb 10, 8:34 AM Tanos  UK(M), 14 yrs  |
I first heard it as "demo bunny" for workshops etc. Regards, Tanos www.tanos.org.uk |
