# porno

Pronunciation: US say "POR-noh" /ˈpɔɹnoʊ/; UK say "PAW-noh" /ˈpɔːnəʊ/

## Adjective

1. Pornographic. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Showing sex very openly, like pornography.
   - _In the 1970s the block was lined with porno theaters and peep shows._
   - _Her first job in the film business was editing a low-budget porno movie._

## Noun

2. Pornography, or a single pornographic film. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Films, pictures or writing that show sex openly to make people sexually excited, or one such film.
   - _The councilman built his campaign around keeping porno off public library computers._
   - _Critics argued that free online porno had changed how teenagers think about sex._

## Origin

Attested since the mid-20th century, the word is short for pornographic or pornography.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/porno (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).