different between muffing vs cuffing

English

Etymology

In the sexual sense, popularized by Mira Bellwether's 2010 zine "Fucking Trans Women".

Pronunciation

Verb

muffing

1. present participle of muff

Noun

muffing (uncountable)

1. (slang) Penetration of the inguinal canal (e.g. with a finger, or by pushing the testicle back inside it) as a form of sexual activity among trans women.
   • 2015, Allison Moon, Girl Sex 101, Allison Moon (?ISBN), page 153:

     Muffing is a penetration technique enjoyed by some non-op trans women. It involves fingering (or otherwise penetrating) the inguinal canals, the canals through which the testes drop during puberty. […] Sometimes the testes are pushed back up into the body during muffing, and sometimes they're simply moved aside […]

   • 2018, Eric Yarbrough, Transgender Mental Health, page 177:

     […] she says she and her partner were having a great time last night and she really enjoyed the muffing.

References

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?f??/

Verb

cuffing

1. present participle of cuff

Noun

cuffing (plural cuffings)

1. The act by which somebody is cuffed or struck.
   • 1897, Mark Twain, Following the Equator

     I was able to remember that the method seemed right and natural to me in those days, I being born to it and unaware that elsewhere there were other methods; but I was also able to remember that those unresented cuffings made me sorry for the victim and ashamed for the punisher.

2. The act or process of placing handcuffs on a person.