porn
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Etymology [edit]
Shortening of pornography. Attested from mid-20th century.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
porn (countable and uncountable; plural porns)
- (uncountable, informal) Pornography. [from the mid-20th c.]
- I just delete the porn before someone else uses the computer.
- (countable, informal, chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work.
- 1982, Florence King, “When Sisterhood Was in Flower”, reprinted in The Florence King Reader, Macmillan (1996), ISBN 978-0-312-14337-4, page 181:
- There are anywhere from ten to twelve chapters in the average porn, so that many blank pages can be inserted.
- 2000, Dennis Cooper, Period, Grove Press (2001), ISBN 978-0-8021-3783-8, page 33:
- — I’ve got it at home. Anyway, there was this gap between the final two porns.
- a. 2004, anonymous study participant, quoted in Todd G. Morrison, “‘He was Treating Me Like Trash, and I Was Loving It . . .’: Perspectives on Gay Male Pornography”, in Todd G. Morrison (editor), Eclectic Views on Gay Male Pornography: Pornucopia (co-published as Journal of Homosexuality, Volume 47, Numbers 3/4), Psychology Press (2004), ISBN 978-1-56023-291-9, page 179:
- I remember once watching a porn with some friends of mine […]
- 1982, Florence King, “When Sisterhood Was in Flower”, reprinted in The Florence King Reader, Macmillan (1996), ISBN 978-0-312-14337-4, page 181:
- (uncountable, slang) a collection of images of something desirable, such as "car porn" or "gun porn".
Synonyms [edit]
- (pornography): erotica, filth, smut
- (pornographic film): adult movie, blue movie, dirty movie, X rated movie, skin flick, stag movie
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
pornography
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pornographic work
pornography — see pornography
