Dictionary

porn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɔːn/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɔɹn/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pórnē Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos) Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos)lbor. French pornographiebor. English pornographyclip. English porn Clipping of pornography. First attested in the mid-20th century.

Meanings

1. (informal, uncountable, usually) Pornography.
   • I just delete the porn before someone else uses the computer.
   • Underground boards also carried handy programs for "scanning" telephone codes and raiding credit card companies, as well as the usual obnoxious galaxy of pirated software, cracked passwords, blue-box schematics, intrusion manuals, anarchy files, porn files, and so forth. 1992, Bruce Sterling, The Hacker Crackdown […] , Bantam Books, →ISBN:
   • There're all kinds of ways to interact with our friends over the network: we can play hallucinogenic games, chat, send pictures, code, music, funny articles, metric fuckloads of porn… The interaction is high-quality! 2004, Cory Doctorow, Eastern Standard Tribe, →OCLC:
2. (countable, in-plural, informal, usually) A pornographic work.
   • There are anywhere from ten to twelve chapters in the average porn, so that many blank pages can be inserted. 1982, Florence King, “When Sisterhood Was in Flower”, reprinted in The Florence King Reader, Macmillan (1996), page 181
   • I remember once watching a porn with some friends of mine […] 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), page 179
   • — I’ve got it at home. Anyway, there was this gap between the final two porns. 2000, Dennis Cooper, Period, Grove Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 33:
3. (informal, uncountable, usually) Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner.
   • gun porn
   • food porn
   • Because software is particularly good at counting, it can be used to create wonderfully compelling visualizations of quantitative data. These can be so compelling that they have even been called “info porn” (see the periodic table of visualizations). 2011, Michael K. Thomas, “The utility and efficacy of qualitative research software in grounded theory research”, in Vivian B. Martin, Astrid Gynnild, editors, Grounded Theory: The Philosophy, Method, and Work of Barney Glaser, →ISBN, page 140:
   • car porn
4. (humorous, informal, often, uncountable, usually) Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or unhealthy interest in something.

Forms

Deriveds

entreporneur · pornlike · pornfest · poverty porn · ladyporn · porn star name · bikeporn · kid porn · porn groove · kiddy porn · pornification · spornosexual · pity porn · pornie · soft porn · pornware · pornobilly · pornhwa · midget-porn · Porngate · ecoporn · revenge porn · porn and prawn · mommy porn · decline porn · porno · step-porn · porn-site · gastroporn · pornify · pornstache · pornocopia · pornbot · porntoon · kiddie porn · porn star martini · porn star · food porn · hardcore porn · cyberporn · porn tube · competence porn · infoporn · pornscape · foodporn · war porn · cub porn · property porn · misery porn · time porn · porn baron · porn site · child porn · pornoisseur · scatporn · porny · reflectoporn · atrocity porn · outrage porn · antiporn · pornless · mummy porn · inspiration porn · technoporn · pornado · monster porn · porngrind · pornotopia · whisper porn · gorn · porn shop · pornsick · pornhua

Descendants

porn

Relateds

pornocracy

Synonyms

blue movie · X-rated movie · erotica · adult movie · skin flick · filth · smut

Translations (46)

sv porr (pornography) · da porno (pornography) · ko 야동 (pornography) · pl porno (pornography) · nn porno (pornography) · de Pornografie (pornography) · bg порно (pornography) · el πορνογραφία (pornography) · hu pornó (pornography) · it porno (pornography) · bn পর্ন (pornography) · gu પોર્ન (pornography) · el πορνογράφημα (pornographic work) · el πορνό (pornographic work) · pt pornô (pornographic work) · no porno (pornography) · ru по́рно (pornography) · ja ポルノ (pornography) · id porno (pornography) · mk порно (pornography) · cmn 色情 (pornography) · pt pornô (pornography) · th หนังโป๊ (pornography) · hi अश्लील कृति (pornographic work) · de Porno (pornographic work) · sv porrfilm (pornographic work) · is klám (pornography) · cmn A片 (pornography) · et pornograafia (pornography) · fi pornografia (pornography) · cmn 春宮 /春宫 (pornography) · fi porno- (pornographic work) · el πορνό (pornography) · sa अश्लीलता (pornography) · fi porno (pornography) · cmn 黃片 /黄片 (pornography) · hi रतिचित्रण (pornography) · et porno (pornography) · bg порно (pornographic work) · gl porno (pornography) · yi פּאָרן (pornography) · es porno (pornography) · tr porno (pornography) · ru порну́ха (pornography) · tr pornografi (pornography) · it pornografia (pornography)