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porn

[ pawrn ]

/ pɔrn /

Informal.

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noun

Sometimes por·no

[pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ . pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn;a porn star;porn films.

television shows, articles, photographs, etc., thought to cater to an excessive, irresistible desire for or interest in something: a magazine filled with enticing food porn; an addiction to real-estate porn.

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Origin of porn

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening

OTHER WORDS FROM porn

an·ti·porn, adjective

Words nearby porn

porkpie, porkpie hat, pork pig, pork scratchings, porky, porn, pornification, pornocracy, pornographer, pornography, porny

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How to use porn in a sentence

Evidence includes the spread of false information about elections and covid-19, conspiracy theories like QAnon, cyber-bullying, revenge porn, and much more.
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Judging by the reactions shared by followers of right-wing influencers, riot porn further enrages and traumatizes these audiences from afar, inflaming their perceptions of risk and danger.
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets|Bobbie Johnson|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Riot porn is different from videos of abuse and violence carried out by police, and we should not confuse one for the other.
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets|Bobbie Johnson|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review
With riot porn, what moves someone from watching to showing up is the potential for participating in a violent altercation.
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets|Bobbie Johnson|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review

There’s so much fear porn that they are forced, and in many cases, I think to retreat.
Full Transcript: Tomi Lahren on ‘The Carlos Watson Show’|Daniel Malloy|August 31, 2020|Ozy
Porn parodies based on popular culture are certainly nothing new.
Inside the Greatest Porn Parody Factory: From ‘Game of Bones’ to ‘The Humper Games’|Gabriella Paiella|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Porn Industry Here's one that reveals the potential hypocrisy of breast cancer fundraising.
The Misogynistic Companies Jumping On The Breast Cancer Bandwagon|Emily Shire|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Porn is really the same as any other media product: People manipulate it to their purposes more than they are manipulated by it.
Is Bondage Porn to Blame for a Murder?|Amanda Marcotte|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the forefront of this movement is six time Feminist Porn Award winner Madison Young, director of 41 feature films.
Defining Feminist Porn: Is That XXX Flick Organic?|Aurora Snow|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Getting back to more relatable topics, pop culture is explored through The Eve of Porn: Linda Lovelace.
A Bouncy House of Boobs, A Quest for the G-Spot, and More Erotic Fun at the Carnival of Sex|Justin Jones|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for porn

porn

/ (pɔːn) informal /

noun

Also called: porno pornography

censorious publications or broadcasts that demonstrate an unhealthy or voyeuristic interest in a particular subjectproperty porn; food porn

adjective

Also: porno pornographicporn movie; porno mag

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