lifestyler
n.— «Nevertheless, Levine says, the Web masters who first challenged the industry’s reticence about S-and-M weren’t seasoned pornographers accustomed to calculating such risks in the first place. They were “lifestylers” like Acworth and his directors, merely recreating what they saw all the time in underground clubs.» —“A Disciplined Business” by Jon Mooallem New York Times Apr. 29, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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