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| | # {{British|informal}} A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game. | | # {{British|informal}} A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game. |
| | # {{British|informal|often in plural}} Short for [[subscription]]: a payment made for membership of a club, etc. | | # {{British|informal|often in plural}} Short for [[subscription]]: a payment made for membership of a club, etc. |
| | + | # {{informal}} A [[submissive]] in [[BDSM]] practices. |
| | + | #* '''2004''', Paul Baker, ''Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang'' |
| | + | #*: ...roleplay where a '''sub''' or bottom takes care of a top's bodily and hygiene needs... |
| | + | #* '''2007''', Laurell K Hamilton, ''The Harlequin'' |
| | + | #*: "It means that I'm both a '''sub''' and a dom." "Submissive and dominant," I said. He nodded. |
| | + | #* '''2008''', Lannie Rose, ''How to Change Your Sex'' |
| | + | #*: Typically a dom and a '''sub''' have a more or less standard routine that they like to go through all the time. |
| | # {{Internet|informal}} Short for [[subtitle]]. | | # {{Internet|informal}} Short for [[subtitle]]. |
| | # {{computing|programming}} A [[subroutine]] (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a [[function]], which does). | | # {{computing|programming}} A [[subroutine]] (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a [[function]], which does). |
