pornography
noun
[ pɔːˈnɒɡrəfi ]
• printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement.
Similar:
erotica,
pornographic material,
hardcore pornography,
soft-core pornography,
dirty books,
smut,
filth,
vice,
porn,
hard porn,
soft porn,
porno,
skin/girlie magazines,
cheesecake,
pornies,
facetiae,
curiosa,
Origin:
mid 19th century: from Greek pornographos ‘writing about prostitutes’, from pornē ‘prostitute’ + graphein ‘write’.
