infoporn

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UK/ˈɪnfəʊˌpɔːn/US/ˈɪnfoʊˌpɔɹn/

noun

Information which does not serve a purpose other than to hold the attention of its audience; information for information's sake.

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Meanings

nouninfoporn (uncountable)
  1. uncountableInformation which does not serve a purpose other than to hold the attention of its audience; information for information's sake.

    This uselessness bestows on art a certain autonomy from the grim dealings in shopworn slogans and infoporn that characterize all other domains of the spectacle.

    2008, McKenzie Wark, 50 Years of Recuperation of the Situationist International, Princeton Architectural Press, page 5

Origin

From info + porn.

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APA

infoporn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infoporn

MLA

“infoporn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infoporn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infoporn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infoporn.

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