Porn
Sometimes, porno
[pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). 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.
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 27, 2014
More eyebrows were raised when the porn Star Next Door, James Deen, was cast in his first Hollywood role as the male lead.
Is ‘The Canyons’ Really a Disaster? Our Critics Debate Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern August 1, 2013
porn Wikileaks is attempting to expose the identities—and STDs—of thousands of adult-film performers.
The Person Behind the Porn Wikileaks Website Richard Abowitz March 31, 2011
Last year, porn Star Tweet was turned down for both red-carpet access and even tickets to the show—“snubbed,” Housley says.
Why Porn Stars Love Twitter Richard Abowitz January 24, 2011
On average, the stars tweet 6.7 times per day; seven percent of porn Star Tweets contain a photo or video.
Why Porn Stars Love Twitter Richard Abowitz January 24, 2011
porn is a fantasy world of quick money whose real price only becomes apparent when you try to return to normality.
Life After Porn Sean Macaulay April 27, 2010
“porn budgets make indie budgets look like blockbuster budgets,” he says.
The Art of Smutty Spoofs: Porn Parodies Aren’t a Joke Anymore Aurora Snow March 14, 2014
porn star Christian XXX thinks the percentage is probably much higher.
How Did Porn Star Derrick Burts Get HIV? Richard Abowitz December 9, 2010
Other comics in the series include “Ask a porn Star” in which adult performers answer reader questions relating to their work.
‘Oh Joy Sex Toy’: The Internet’s Most Radical Sex-Fueled Comic Strip Rich Goldstein May 9, 2014
Gail Dines, author of pornland: How porn Has Hijacked our Sexuality, concurs with this.
The Samurai Porn Murder Richard Abowitz June 4, 2010
noun
Also called porno. pornography
(censorious) publications or broadcasts that demonstrate an unhealthy or voyeuristic interest in a particular subject: property porn, food porn
adjective
Also porno. pornographic: porn movie, porno mag
n.
1962, abbreviation of pornography. Porno (adj.) is attested from 1952.
adjective
: The very best porn film ever made/ little prospect of pay-TV turning our homes into porno palaces
noun
Pornography; a pornographic film, book, etc: the merry world of pimps and porno/ or witness the amount of porn around/ I found out about the porno Rita’d made (first form 1970+, second 1952+)
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