porn
[pawrn]Informal.
- 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
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Contemporary Examples
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
The Porn Industry Here's one that reveals the potential hypocrisy of breast cancer fundraising.
Porn is really the same as any other media product: People manipulate it to their purposes more than they are manipulated by it.
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 SexJustin Jones
June 28, 2014
Porn For Women, however, strays away from the typical preconceived notion of the explicit content beloved by the male species.
porn
- Also called: porno pornography
- censorious publications or broadcasts that demonstrate an unhealthy or voyeuristic interest in a particular subjectproperty porn; food porn
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- Also: porno pornographicporn movie; porno mag
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Word Origin and History for porn
n.
1962, abbreviation of pornography. Porno (adj.) is attested from 1952.
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