I want to be a camgirl, now what?
March 27, 2023 30 minutes 39229We understand it can be scary to start for the first time. This “Now what?” extensive guide (interesting for starting models as well as models with more experience) will help you on your way and show you the necessary steps as well as tips and tricks to make your journey as a cam model into a success.
Cam lingo, know your acronyms
The cam world is full of acronyms, abbreviations and terminology that beginners might have trouble to understand. This is a list of things that are common (or not so common) and what is means. I'll be updating this with your new suggestions.
(more) General Cam / Porn Terms
- ATM - Ass to mouth
- BBC - Big black cock
- CFNM - Clothed female naked male
- CMNF - Clothed male naked female
- Contortion - Being able to stretch in unusual positions not ordinary people can achieve
- DP - Double penetration
- Fapping - Guy jerking off
- JOI - Jerk Off Instructions
- Split-camming - You use a software that splits your video streaming to be able to broadcast to multiple cam sites at once
- Trolling - Being a prick on the internet because you can. Typically unleashing one or more cynical or sarcastic remarks / or just simply saying weird and insulting things.
- VO - Voice over
Fetishes Lingo
- Age Play - Pretending to be really young or old
- Animal Roleplay - Pretending to be an animal
- Bimbofication - Turning a sissy into the perfect bimbo.
- CBT - Cock & balls torture
- CEI - Cum Eating Instructions
- CP - Corporal punishment
- Cuckolding - Guys fetish seeing their unfaithful wife having sex with other guy
- Daddy's Princess - This is a unique hybrid fetish that covers both Daddy Doms/Littles and Sugar Daddy/Sugar baby communities. This is where a daddy dom gives his princess sugar baby an allowance once a week and give his protection.
- Edgeplay - Fetish play that is very extreme including fireplay, knifeplay, and etc...
- Femdom - Female Domination - Woman dominates sexual interaction
- Financial Domination - ( moneypig, wallet rape, money slavery) fetish of financial slavery or to be dominated in a financial way
- Girl Next Door - She's the girl whom you always admired from afar and were afraid to approach, fearing that any erotic projection toward her would ruin her image as a decent, pure and almost virginal womanly ideal.
- Golden Shower - urinating for sexual gratification
- Lactation - The secretion of milk from the mammary glands
- Panty slavery - Guys become addicted to a girl's panties and want to taste her juices through her panties. Usually, they also want to buy your panties as well.
- POV - Point of view (mostly revers to the camera. The girl or guy who is doing porn holds the camera him or herself, instead of a camera crew filming the action)
- Red Rose - For rectal prolapse
- Roman Showers - Vomit
- Scat/Brown showers - poo play
- Sharon Stone - You are in a skirt and open your legs for a second and close (like Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct)
- SPH - Small penis humiliation
- Sploshing - A full-bodied food fetish*
Author
Tristan, co-founder of WeCamgirls, has spent the last decade immersed in the cam industry. He’s attended over 50 shows and conferences, met countless interesting people, and loves sharing his insider knowledge through articles and guides.
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