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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 pornos

smut, obscenity, erotica, filth, indecency, dirt, bawdiness, porn, porno, sexploitation

British Dictionary definitions for pornos

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 pornos

porn

n.

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

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