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porn

noun
USPORN/pɔɹn/UKPAWN/pɔːn/

2 meanings of porn

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  1. 1
    sexual contentnouncolloquialuncountable
    Pictures, films, or writing that show sex in a very open way.

    The school computers have a filter to block porn.

    He was fired for looking at porn at work.

    UsageSay watch porn. One film is a porn film.

    Similarpornography, smut, porno

  2. 2
    tempting imagesnouncolloquialuncountable
    Pictures or videos that show something in an exciting, over-the-top way, like food porn or poverty porn.

    Her feed is full of food porn: giant burgers and dripping cheese.

    The car show was two hours of pure car porn.

    UsageSay food porn or car porn.

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Origin

It is a short form of the word pornography, used since the middle of the 1900s.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts