The story
The general ASMR sense is from whisper + porn (“material presenting something desirable in a sensational manner”). The erotic ASMR sense is from whisper + porn (“pornography”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Audio content intended to elicit the autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR). Full definition →
The general ASMR sense is from whisper + porn (“material presenting something desirable in a sensational manner”). The erotic ASMR sense is from whisper + porn (“pornography”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.