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- Dictionaryporno/ˈpɔːnəʊ/
adjective
- 1. pornographic: "porno magazines"
noun
- 1. a pornographic film: "a low-budget porno"
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noun. ˈpȯrn. 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.
noun. Sometimes por·no []. pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) has been defined as sexual subject material "such as a picture, video, or text" that is intended for sexual arousal. Made for the consumption by adults, pornography depictions have evolved from cave paintings, some forty millennia ago, to virtual reality presentations.
noun. writings, pictures, films, etc, designed to stimulate sexual excitement. the production of such material. pornography. Books, photographs, magazines, art, or music designed to excite sexual impulses and considered by public authorities or public opinion as in violation of accepted standards of sexual morality.
porno. 2 meanings: 1. → a short form of pornographic 2. → a short form of pornography.... Click for more definitions.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word porno. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Like romantic comedies, science fiction, westerns, thrillers, and cartoons, a porno is a type of movie — specifically a dirty movie featuring people having sex. Pornos don't have much plot or artistic value: they show sex and are meant to get people in the mood for sex.
