Meanings
nounpornophone (plural pornophones)
plural pornophones
- derogatoryA smartphone, with or without any pornographic content.
The smartphone is also a pornophone: we voluntarily expose ourselves. The smartphone functions like a mobile confessional box. It is the continuation of the 'sacral rule of the confessional box' in another form.
2022 May 10, Byung-Chul Han, Non-things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
Origin
Apparently coined after the addictive properties of smartphones and pornographic material.
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APA
pornophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornophone
MLA
“pornophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornophone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pornophone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornophone.
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