pr0n

noun

A filter-avoidance spelling of porn.

Meanings

nounpr0n (uncountable)

alternative n0rp · alternative prawn · alternative pron

  1. 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, →ISBN
    1 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

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Origin

A respelling of porn with middle letters transposed and o replaced with zero.

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APA

pr0n. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pr0n

MLA

“pr0n.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pr0n. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pr0n,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pr0n.

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