porn
USPORN/pɔɹn/UKPAWN/pɔːn/
- 1Sexually explicit pictures, films, or writing, or a single work of this kind; pornography.
Critics argue that easy access to online porn shapes how young adults think about sex.
The newsstand sold papers up front and kept the porn on the top shelf.
UsageUsually without a: watch porn, online porn; one film is a porn film or a porno.
Similarpornography, smut, porno
- 2Material that presents a nonsexual subject in a sensational way to give intense pleasure or feed a fascination, sometimes exploitatively, as in food porn or poverty porn.
Cooking shows have turned slow-motion shots of melting chocolate into food porn.
The listings site is shameless real estate porn, all infinity pools and ocean views.
UsageComes after the thing it is about: food porn, car porn, real estate porn.
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Origin
A clipping of pornography, recorded from the mid-20th century.
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts
- Porn is a clipping of pornography. en.wiktionary.org
- Porn is recorded from the mid-20th century. en.wiktionary.org