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A glossary of some [[Gorean]] terms found in [[John Norman]]'s writings, in alphabetical order:
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A glossary of some [[Gorean]] terms found in [[John Norman]]'s writings, in alphabetical order (many are used by real-world [[Gorean]] lifestylers to describe their practices, and a few have been taken up in general BDSM use):
  
 
;''Dina'':  The "slave flower", an alternative symbol to the ''kef'' for a female slave.
 
;''Dina'':  The "slave flower", an alternative symbol to the ''kef'' for a female slave.

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A glossary of some Gorean terms found in John Norman's writings, in alphabetical order (many are used by real-world Gorean lifestylers to describe their practices, and a few have been taken up in general BDSM use):

Dina
The "slave flower", an alternative symbol to the kef for a female slave.
Iron belt
Chastity belt for female.
Kajira
Female slave (Latinesque plural is kajirae).
Kajirus
Male slave (Latinesque plural is kajiri).
Kef
Letter of the fictional Gorean alphabet (slightly resembling a Latin-alphabet "k"), which is commonly used as a symbol for a slave (since it writes the first sound of the words Kajira/Kajirus) — it is found in a stylized cursive form (the "staff and fronds") for a female slave, and in a simple block script form to designate a male slave.
Nadu
Gorean name for classic sexual submission kneeling position, with torso over heels and knees widely separated. (This position was described in the Story of O, though the name "Nadu" is Norman's, used by him only in Gor book #13.) By default, the hands rest on the thighs.
Red silk
Non-virgin (especially of a female slave)
Silk slave
Male slave kept by a woman owner for bedroom duties (most male slaves on Gor are used for hard labor in work gangs).
Sirik
A set of linked chains and attached locking circlets intended to thoroughly restrain a woman's movements, but without needing to fasten her to anything, and while still allowing her to stand, to walk with mincing steps, and to kneel in the tower or nadu positions. The main chain (about five feet long) hangs down from a locking collar; a bracelet chain (connecting two locking wrist manacles that are usually about 6-12 inches apart) is attached to the main chain roughly two feet below the collar, or at the "lower belly", while an anklet chain (connecting two locking fetters that are usually about a foot to a foot-and-a-half apart) is attached to the end of the main chain. The chain lengths can ideally be adjusted to taste; Norman suggests that best results are obtained when the collar chain is long enough to rest on the floor for several inches when the woman is standing straight. The chains should be light enough not to be too burdensome or uncomfortable when worn for several hours.
Slave wine
Semi-permanent female contraceptive, usually taken by drinking an unsweetened bitter liquid.
Stabilization serum
Immortality potion. (Slave wine and stabilization serums combine to contribute to certain apparently intentionally somewhat unreal aspects of the Gor books.)
Tower slave
Female slave whose duties do not prominently include sexual services (derogatory variant: "kettle slave"). Opposite is "pleasure slave".
Tower position
Like nadu, but with knees together (indicating a less sexual submission).
White silk
Virgin (especially of a female slave).

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