cybersmut

English

Etymology

cyber- +‎ smut

Noun

cybersmut (uncountable)

1. (informal) Pornographic material published on the Internet or in cyberspace.
   • 1996, Newsweek, volume 127, page 21:

     That was 1994. Now it's what you do on the Internet— the worldwide network of computers that in 1995 was embraced as the medium that will change the way we communicate, shop, publish and (so the cybersmut cops warned) be damned.

   • 2002, Wallace W. White, Freedom from Lust, page 56:

     Cybersmut is just the latest pornography utility available to American homes.

   • 2006, Robert Kraut, Computers, Phones, and the Internet‎^[1]:

     Cybersitter, to take another example, “works by secretly monitoring all computer activity” so as to close the door on “unrestricted cybersmut” including, interestingly, that stored in parental files on the computer, whereas Childsafe allows parents to "see exactly what your children have been viewing online ... [and to] monitor chat room sessions, instant messaging, email."