Which spanking cliches drive you crazy

I am not sure if someone mentioned it before or even it is related to this thread. But I really dislike enema or any other water treatment in stories.

Also, there might be hints of sex if needed for the story. But I don't like when stories contain illustrated details of sex rather than spanking. It might be just me but I am here to read spanking stories for the spanking part. If I want to read more about sex, there are tons of better sites for that - I'd simply visit one of them.

What else? Well, sometimes the punishments goes like forever, like an hour or 100 strokes with a switch. If correctly applied, even a Gorilla wouldn't be able to take that much. So something close to reality would be nice.

These are my personal opinions. I hope no one would be offended by them. Cheers.

Yes, for me, the story really needs to be plausible. the punishment needs to fit the crime. The stories I like best are the ones where the person being punished is truly given their "day in court" and the punisher, listens and considers all sides.

In my experience there were punishers who were quite unfair and unreasonable. These characters are not unbelievable in fiction.

It irritates me when a writer uses the word bottom over and over again when there are so many alternatives:

Backside, behind, buttocks, derriere, posterior, rear, tail, bum, rump, arse and seat are a few alternatives. There are also fanny, butt and tush but I think these would generally only be used by our American writers.

Variety is the spice of life but "bottom" is a trigger word for many people. It is certainly my favourite word. Arse is too crude, fanny, butt, ass, tush, tail etc far too American. (Not that that is a crime of course.) Posterior sounds like an architectural feature and rump sounds like something you might buy at the butchers. Derriere is not actually an English word at all but a French one. You could try and get away with gluteus maximus but only if you are compiling a medical dictionary. I think when all is said and done you will find you are left with bum, behind, backside, buttocks and bottom (of course).

There's a reason that UK writers don't use the word Fanny.

In the US all boys and girls have a backside that can be called a Fanny.

In the UK, girls have a front side that can be called a Fanny.


Tush derives from the Yiddish word tókhes (English speakers usually spell it tuches). It's more poplular in places where Yiddish had a cultural influence.

Yes, I used to look things up in the dictionary when I was young....

I will eventually read through all the responses, but, risking repetition, will add my own disliked cliches.

Mine is simple. Childish or child centered spankings. Nursery setting, school settings, the standard schoolgirl uniform setting, cheerleaders setting (except college and pro), and any female young enough to need a babysitter or be a babysitter!

As I have matured, my tastes have matured as well. I would think that with all the bad PR for child porn, others would follow suit naturally to more mature subject matter. OF course, to keep the "thought police" happy, you have to throw away any spankings given without consent, any spankings leading to or centered around sex, and any spankings that include a parent as a spanker and thus, a potential child abuser! Next, again, to soothe the "thought police" out there, you know who you are, all stories that involve bruising, welts, blisters, and, heaven forbid, blood, well, they're gone too! Just to be careful, I suppose we should avoid nudity, public humiliation, probably any pain, and definitely, any pleasure! All spankings involving men spanking women are automatically demeaning, so they are nixed, and any involving females spanking females, females spanking males or males spanking males are just quite frankly, unnatural, so we can drop them as well!

That said, I enjoy All the rest! Freely, without any guilt! Thank you for asking!

You Sir, a very interesting person. I'll send you a PM. Remind me if I forget.

There are many genres, styles and of course many writers. So it varies, varies a lot. I read what I like, skip what I don't. I prefer something close to reality and don't like it when the main theme shifts to something else. I'd like to make a list on what I enjoy more and what triggers my buttons but unfortunately the thread is quite for the opposite reason so I'll resist the temptation.

We can have a thread for that but people might be reluctant to unleash their inner sluts (Umm ... what is the term for males? )

I come here to have some fun so I only mind what I like and don't. Unlike many, I don't give a damn about the "thought police". You want to judge? Welcome. You need some base information? Here goes -

I like when someone high and mighty gets a dose of humiliation (Judicial, falls victim to a system or mistreated). I enjoy when Women become little girls (Age play, mistaken Identity). I enjoy when women submits/have to submit to their peers/subordinates (role reversal). I love naked female bottoms, so nudity is always welcome. Crying adds a little bit to humiliation, so that would be nice.

And there is always more to add to the list. But I've already said enough. So I will stop (For Now ).

P.S. I forgot to add the most important thing - Humor. Humiliation and Humor - The best combination ever.

If you folks still don't have enough to hang me, let me help -


There, I broke the code of this thread and eventually, I am a liar. Though a terrible one.

Not too difficult to come up with a few more, I reckon: hindquarters, rear, rear end, cheeks (or bottom-cheeks), rearward curves, mounds, cushions, sit-spots, target area, hinderparts, booty, seat.... There's also 'haunches', but to me that sounds too much like a cut of meat. 'Arse' can work fine in context, I feel: 'a good arse-warming' has a likeable ring to it. I tend to avoid 'buttocks' - it's such a square, angular word. (Its exact French equivalent, 'fesses', is so much more evocative; you can almost see the quivering in those double s's.) 'Derriere' is originally French, true, but I think it can count as a valid adoption; it's widely enough understood.

As GG rightly says, 'fanny' is anatomically ambiguous, depending which side of the Atlantic you're on. The title of Cleland's classic 1748 erotic novel, 'Fanny Hill' (which includes a fine spanking scene), is a naughty pun on 'mons veneris', the pubic mound.

@sugarcane et al,

I hope everyone realized my attempt at sarcasm and humor. Although, in reality, both do not always read well in print (At least mine!). I was in no way attempting to judge anyone, or any thought. The reality is I love the written word. I love stories. Some concern information that sometimes disturb me, others have themes that seem off-kilter, but if written well and engaging, write it! Heck, most of the time, it doesn't even have to be written well if the story-Iine carries it! I know I'm off the topic here, but the cliche I was attempting to harass was the "narrow-minded spanker", but I digress. We are not on this Earth to judge, we are here to share, to experience, to celebrate this spanking life! (Sounds too preachy, I wonder if that's why they called me fatherjim?)

Concerning the word for backside, my favorite is "Hieney", but Google does not even recognize it. What's up with that?