Porn
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /pÉ”Ën/
- US IPA: /pɔɹn/
- Rhymes: -É”Ë(ɹ)n
- Homophones: pawn (in non-rhotic accents)
Origin
Shortening of pornography. Attested from mid-20th century.
Full definition of porn
Noun
porn
(countable and uncountable; plural porns)- (uncountable, informal) Pornography. from the mid-20th c.
- I just delete the porn before someone else uses the computer.The obvious question is: "At what point does porn use become pathological (i.e., an addiction)?" The answer is simple: "Whenever the amount of stimulation induces the accumulation of ΔFosB and corresponding addiction-related brain changes."
- (countable, informal, chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work.
- 1982, Florence King, “When Sisterhood Was in Flowerâ€, reprinted in The Florence King Reader, Macmillan (1996), ISBN 978-0-312-14337-4, page 181:There are anywhere from ten to twelve chapters in the average porn, so that many blank pages can be inserted.
- 2000, Dennis Cooper, Period, Grove Press (2001), ISBN 978-0-8021-3783-8, page 33:— I’ve got it at home. Anyway, there was this gap between the final two porns.
- a. 2004 anonymous study participant, quoted in Todd G. Morrison, “‘He was Treating Me Like Trash, and I Was Loving It . . .’: Perspectives on Gay Male Pornographyâ€, in Todd G. Morrison (editor), Eclectic Views on Gay Male Pornography: Pornucopia (co-published as Journal of Homosexuality, Volume 47, Numbers 3/4), Psychology Press (2004), ISBN 978-1-56023-291-9, page 179:I remember once watching a porn with some friends of mine ...
- You typically need a high libido to get into the porn industry.
- (uncountable, slang) a collection of images of something desirable, such as "car porn" or "gun porn".
Synonyms
- (pornography) erotica, filth, smut
- (pornographic film) adult movie, blue movie, dirty movie, X rated movie, skin flick, stag movie