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variants:
or less commonly porno \
ˈpȯr-(ˌ)nō

\

1
informal

: pornography

watching porn

— often used before another noun a porn star the porn industry a porno theater

2

porno , plural pornos , informal

: a pornographic movie

… the ex-silent starlet whose voice, unfit for sound-film consumption, relegated her to pornos … — John Simon

In the back and forth between client and producers, an intimacy can blossom that erodes the illusion of a barrier between porn ’s fantasies and the fears and anxieties of real life.

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Laura Miller, Slate Magazine , 28 Sep. 2017

That raises the second critical question beyond porn 's possible harm to users: the right to privacy of nonusers.

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Olivia B. Waxman, Time , 8 Sep. 2017

At that time of his interview, said Investigator Stephen McGlathery, Whitworth admitted to looking at child porn on his phone.

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Carol Robinson, AL.com , 4 Jan. 2018

Barring something nefarious like revenge porn , the only obvious reason to keep an ex’s nudes is masturbation inspo, and that crosses a number of boundaries.

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Beca Grimm, GQ , 19 Dec. 2017

Think of the man who can’t stop watching porn , even at work, and gets fired, or who visits prostitutes several times a week and doesn’t use a condom.

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Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ , 18 Dec. 2017

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1962, in the meaning defined at sense 1
“Porn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porn. Accessed 27 Aug. 2022.
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informal for

pornography disapproving :
Some of those photos they show in tabloid newspapers are nothing but porn.
Half the shows on TV are either food porn or property porn.
informal for

pornographic :

淫穢作品, 眼球的盛宴（經過精心編輯修飾來吸引人的照片、書籍、電視節目、報紙文章等）, 淫穢的…

淫秽作品, 眼球的盛宴（经过精心编辑修饰来吸引人的照片、书籍、电视节目、报纸文章等）, 淫秽的…

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