Homosexuality was known in some circles as "the love that dare not speak its name" -- until gays knocked down the closet door.
Some sexual tastes still have taboos or stigma attached. Here's a partial list, reflecting current mores:
| Adultery | the love that speaks the wrong name at an inconvenient moment |
| Analingus | the love that speaks its name with bad breath |
| Bi-sexuality | the love that hyphenates its name |
| Bondage | the love that mumbles its name through a gag |
| Brief encounter | the love that needs no introduction |
| Casual sex | the love that speaks its nickname |
| Chastity | the love that is all talk |
| Coitus interruptus | the love that can't finish a sentence |
| Fellatio | the love that speaks with its mouth full |
| Golden shower | the love that writes its name in the snow |
| Ichthyophilia (see also pisciphilia) | the love that tastes fishy |
| Impotence | the love that can't get a word in edgewise |
| Incest | the love that dare not speak to strangers |
| Kiss & tell | the love that speaks your name |
| Masochism | the love that never speaks without permission |
| Masturbation | the love that talks to itself |
| Monogamy | the love that wears out its name |
| Motel sex | the love that uses a phony name |
| Narcissism | the love that only speaks its own name |
| Necrophilia | the love that tells no tales |
| Nymphomania | the love that never wants to shut up |
| Orgy | the love that includes everyone in the conversation |
| Pedophilia | the love that speaks baby talk |
| Petting | the love that speaks with its hands |
| Pisciphilia | the love that sleeps with the fishes |
| Pornographic literature | the love that writes its name |
| Promiscuity | the love that practices free speech |
| Prostitution | the love that charges by the word |
| Sadism | the love that steers the conversation |
| Scatophilia | the love that speaks its name with a potty mouth |
| Sodomy | the love that butts into the conversation |
| Striptease | the love that slowly spells its name |
| Voyeurism | the love that is seen but not heard |
| Xenophilia | the love that speaks to strangers |
| Zoophilia | the love that talks to the animals |
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Last revised: 15 January 2011
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