porn

[pawrn]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.

Origin of porn

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening

Related formsan·ti·porn, adjective

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Related Words for porn

immoral, lewd, salacious, indecent, sexy, indecency, profanity, vulgarity, smut, pornography, obscenity, erotica, filth, impropriety, abomination, scatology, prurience, offense, dirtiness, curse

Examples from the Web for porn

Contemporary Examples of porn

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.
The Misogynistic Companies Jumping On The Breast Cancer Bandwagon
Emily Shire
October 16, 2014
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
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
Porn For Women, however, strays away from the typical preconceived notion of the explicit content beloved by the male species.
This Site Is Redefining Porn for Women
Erin Cunningham
May 20, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for porn

porn

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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Word Origin and History for porn

n.

1962, abbreviation of pornography. Porno (adj.) is attested from 1952.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper