Meanings
alternative n0rp · alternative prawn · alternative pron
- InternetLeetuncountableA filter-avoidance spelling of porn.
They were just pr0n, really. And I figured you might need to blow off some steam. No pun intended.
2017, Emma Newman, After Atlas, Hachette UK, →ISBN1 more example
Merlin Mann, creator of 43 Folders, joked about the lure of “productivity pr0n” (pornography in internet slang) as early as 2005: “It is a tongue-in-cheek term often used lovingly by its avid—even obsessive—consumers. It often implies the awareness that not all productivity pr0n leads to actual productivity[…]
2019, Joseph M. Reagle Jr, quoting Merlin Mann, Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 52
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
A respelling of porn with middle letters transposed and o replaced with zero.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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