disposal
English
Alternative forms
- disposall (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈpəʊ.zəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈpoʊ.zəl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪsˈpəʉ.zəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Texas): (file) Audio (Brisbane): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊzəl
Noun
disposal (countable and uncountable, plural disposals)
- (countable) A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things.
- Coordinate term: dispensation
- at your disposal
- (countable) The act or an instance of disposing of or getting rid of something.
- Synonym: consignment
- (countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
- 2019 May 7, “In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round eight?”, in Australian Football League[1], retrieved 8 May 2019:
- Lewy Taylor was quiet against the Swans with just seven disposals but hit the mark with a couple of kicks inside 50 during the crucial last quarter.
- (Internet slang, paraphilia, furry fandom) A sexual paraphilia, as in art, fiction, and role-playing, that involves a character consuming and digesting another and disposing their remains as bodily fluids, typically as via ejaculation or defecation.
- Hypernym: vorarephilia
- 2023 August 1, @AutumnSoft, “Not Enough Diaper Disposal”, in Fur Affinity[4]:
- I think diapers can be a lot of fun for scat play/post-vore disposal stuff, but adult baby/infantilism is a hard limit for me (no judgement, just not something I want any part of.) There isn't that much diaper art that doesn't fall into these categories, which is unfortunate. Thusly I have been possessed by horny demons who seek to make me remedy this myself. Expecting to finish up a diaper disposal sequence tonight.
- 2025 August 19, @allihearismeep.bsky.social, Bluesky (post):
- It was a transition from me learning about vore, to learning about disposal, to learning about diaper disposal to then just learning to love diapers.
- (uncountable) The power to use something or someone.
- (countable) A garbage disposal
- 1978 April 8, “Boston So. End (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
- 2 bedroom apt nicely done. Dishwasher, disposal and many closets. Heat incl $290 mo + security.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
arrangement, categorization, classification
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disposing of
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power to use something
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Further reading
- “disposal”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “disposal”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “disposal”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “disposal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “disposal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “disposal, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.