Dictionary

porny en · ADJ

Etymology

Apparently from porn + -y (though attested slightly earlier).

Meanings

1. (informal) Reminiscent of pornography; somewhat pornographic.
   • When I was a young lesbian feminist campaigning to overthrow patriarchy, what irked me most was the fact that some men would impose their own idiotic view of my sexuality on me, by asking if I would perform threesomes with them, or titillate them with a porny kissing display with my girlfriend. 2014 June 30, Julie Bindel, “All you lesbians behaving badly – are strip clubs what liberation is for?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • There are no Minitels, sadly, but there is one old-tech moment as good if not better, when Bach struts and poses around her room with a revolver, a Discman tucked into the side of her porny tangas, wires hanging, earphones in. 2013, Jenny Turner, “A Girl and a Gun”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 19:
   • More Tillys came in. Some were too pixelated. Some too airbrushed. Most were too porny. 2026 May 31, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, “Tilly Norwood, A.I. Actress, Wants to Know Why Everyone’s Mad at Her”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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Deriveds

porniness