porn
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• noun
Printed, visual, or digital material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement; pornography.
"The public library installed new content filters on its computers to block access to online porn."
Television shows, magazines, photography, or digital media that dwell Sensationalistically or indulgently on a particular non-sexual subject in order to appeal to the viewer's cravings, desires, or emotions.
"Glossy culinary magazines and high-budget cooking shows have turned everyday meal preparation into high-definition food porn."
Word Nuance & Usage
In contemporary informal usage, 'porn' is frequently combined with a modifying noun (such as 'food porn' or 'real estate porn') to describe visually indulgent, non-sexual media designed to evoke intense aesthetic craving or admiration.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-20th century as an informal clipping of 'pornography', which derives via French from the Ancient Greek 'pornographos' (writing about prostitutes), from 'porne' (prostitute) and 'graphein' (to write).