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- Dictionaryporno/ˈpɔːnəʊ/
adjective
- 1. pornographic: "porno magazines"
noun
- 1. a pornographic film: "a low-budget porno"
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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.
Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) has been defined as sexual subject material such as a picture, video, text, or audio that is intended for sexual arousal. Made for consumption by adults, pornography depictions have evolved from cave paintings, some forty millennia ago, to virtual reality presentations.
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.
1. : the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement. 2. : material (such as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement. 3. : the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction.
books, magazines, films, etc. with no artistic value that describe or show sexual acts or naked people in a way that is intended to be sexually exciting: a campaign against pornography. hard (-core) (= very detailed) porn. soft (-core) (= not very detailed) porn. Synonym. smut. Compare. erotica.
