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pornocopia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Blend of porn + cornucopia.

Meanings

1. An abundance of pornography, sexual imagery, or nudity.
   • What author Frank Rose calls the web's "pornocopia" generated close to $1 billion (U.S.) in revenue in 1996. 2001, David Taras, Power and Betrayal in the Canadian Media, Broadview Press, →ISBN, pages 110–111:
   • But the "coming" is decidedly profane: an encounter with a dominatrix, who strips Principle, makes him beg, then rides him through a porno-copia of sexual positions. 1999, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 31:
   • Back in the pre-"pornocopia" era, wearing a thong meant painful waxing and a wedgie, pole dancing meant emulating a low-class stripper, and taking a man for a lap dance meant tolerating and even endorsing the humiliation of watching your mate cheat. 2005, Pamela Paul, Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families, Owl Books, →ISBN, page 109:
   • Pornocopia represents a form of sexuality that, for the most part, only exists through fiction – a particular kind of pornographic space that gives greater license to the imagination of readers and writers alike than they were apt to enjoy in the real world. 2006, Henry Jenkins, “'He's in the Closet but He's Not Gay': Male-Male Desire in Penthouse Letters”, in Peter Lehman, editor, Pornography: Film and Culture, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 147:
   • Marlowe's eyes trailed slick video covers posted outside each, a pornocopia of pouting lips, inflated breasts, and overblown cocks. 2009, Terence Taylor, Bite Marks: A Vampire Testament, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 51:
   • Hollywood becomes a "pornocopia" where erotic desire is everything and must be satisfied at all costs. 2007, Henry Jenkins, The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture, New York University Press, →ISBN, page 132:

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