Porn

Etymology
Shortening of pornography. Attested from mid-20th century.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: pawn (in non-rhotic accents)
 * Homophones: pawn (in non-rhotic accents)
 * Homophones: pawn (in non-rhotic accents)
 * Homophones: pawn (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

 * 1)  Pornography.
 * 2)  A pornographic work.
 * 3) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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

Synonyms

 * erotica, filth, smut
 * adult movie, blue movie, dirty movie, X rated movie, skin flick, stag movie

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: πορνό,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: порно


 * Mandarin:, 色情片,
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: pornô
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: porno
 * : Porno,
 * : πορνό
 * : klám, klámmynd
 * : film porno
 * : film porno


 * : ポルノ (poruno),, アダルトビデオ, エーブイ
 * : порно-филм
 * : filme pornô
 * : porrfilm, p-rulle, p-film
 * : porno, seks filmi
 * : porno, seks filmi

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to pornography, e.g., porn industry, porn star.

Translations

 * Finnish: porno
 * Icelandic: klám-


 * Macedonian: порно-
 * Swedish: porr-

Derived terms

 * infoporn
 * porn shop
 * porn star
 * porno

Anagrams

 * pron

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