porn
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /pɔːn/
  • (America) IPA: /pɔɹn/
Noun

porn (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, informal) Pornography. [from the mid-20th c.]
    Synonyms: erotica, filth, smut
    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."
  2. (countable, informal, chiefly, in the plural) A pornographic work.
    Synonyms: adult movie, blue movie, dirty movie, X-rated movie, skin flick, stag movie
    • 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.
    • ante 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 sensational manner.
    car porn
    gun porn
    food porn
  4. (uncountable, informal, often humorous) Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or unhealthy interest in something.
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