noun
porn
pawn
noun
1
Pornography, or material depicting sexual acts explicitly.
"The site was blocked for hosting porn."
2
Informally, media that indulges an intense, almost obsessive fascination with a particular subject.
"The glossy real-estate listings were basically property porn."
How to Use Porn
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSexually explicit material, or (informally) content that indulges an obsessive interest in something, like "food porn" or "car porn".
When to use it
The extended, non-sexual use ("disaster porn", "property porn") is informal and journalistic.
Word Forms
porns plural
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Etymology
A clipped form of "pornography", first recorded in the mid-20th century.