English

Noun

porn ‎(usually uncountable, plural porns)

1. (uncountable, informal) Pornography. [from the mid-20th c.]

   I just delete the porn before someone else uses the computer.

   • 2013 August 26, admin, “Porn, Pseudoscience and DeltaFosB”, in Your Brain On Porn, retrieved 2014-04-29:

     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."

2. (countable, informal, chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work.
   • 1982, Florence King, “When Sisterhood Was in Flower”, 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 Pornography”, 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 […]

3. (uncountable, informal) Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a lurid, garish, or sensational manner.

   car porn, gun porn

4. (uncountable, informal, often humorous) Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or unhealthy interest in something.

Synonyms

• (pornography): erotica, filth, smut
• (pornographic film): adult movie, blue movie, dirty movie, X rated movie, skin flick, stag movie

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• pornocracy

Anagrams

• pron

French

Noun

porn f ‎(uncountable)

1. porn