Meanings
- informaluncountableSexually explicit media of a person distributed online without the consent of the pictured individual, typically by a former partner or hacker, either from genuine video or by deepfake, and often with the intent to humiliate the subject and damage their reputation.
Now imagine that same experiment, but through the lens of someone who is angling to make revenge porn. It gets murky in a hurry.
2022 December 8, Madison Malone Kircher, Callie Holtermann, “How Is Everyone Making Those A.I. Selfies?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN2 more examples
France has threatened to fine Facebook for sharing data between its various apps. Almost every day you get hammered for not properly policing the content, including extremists’ videos, revenge porn and fake news, that appears on your platforms.
2018 January 20, Eve Smith, “The techlash against Amazon, Facebook and Google—and what they can do”, in The EconomistThe charges against Mr. Bradshaw were the latest in a series of high-profile revenge porn cases in recent years, and groups that support survivors of sexual violence say there has been an increase in reports of revenge porn and other forms of online sexual harassment during the coronavirus pandemic.
2021 November 16, Amanda Holpuch, “Maryland Mayor Is Charged in ‘Revenge Porn’ Case”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
Bulgarian порно за отмъщение
- порно за отмъщение (porno za otmăštenie)explicit media distributed as revenge
Chinese Mandarin 色情復仇 /色情复仇
- 色情復仇 /色情复仇 (sèqíng fùchóu)explicit media distributed as revenge
Danish hævnporno
- hævnpornoexplicit media distributed as revenge
Dutch wraakporno
- wraakpornoexplicit media distributed as revenge
Finnish kostoporno
- kostopornoexplicit media distributed as revenge
French pornovengeance, revenge porn
- pornovengeanceexplicit media distributed as revenge
- revenge pornexplicit media distributed as revenge
German Racheporno
- Rachepornoexplicit media distributed as revenge
Greek εκδικητική πορνογραφία
- εκδικητική πορνογραφία (ekdikitikí pornografía)explicit media distributed as revenge
Hebrew פורנו נקמה
- פורנו נקמה (pórno nekamá)explicit media distributed as revenge
Italian pornovendetta
- pornovendettaexplicit media distributed as revenge
Japanese リベンジポルノ, 復讐ポルノ
- リベンジポルノ (ribenji poruno)explicit media distributed as revenge
- 復讐ポルノ (fukushū poruno)explicit media distributed as revenge
Korean 리벤지 포르노
- 리벤지 포르노 (ribenji poreuno)explicit media distributed as revenge
Norwegian Bokmål hevnporno
- hevnpornoexplicit media distributed as revenge
Polish zemsta pornograficzna
- zemsta pornograficznaexplicit media distributed as revenge
Portuguese pornografia de vingança
- pornografia de vingançaexplicit media distributed as revenge
Russian порноме́сть
- порноме́сть (pornoméstʹ)explicit media distributed as revenge
Spanish pornovenganza, porno vengativo
- pornovenganzaexplicit media distributed as revenge
- porno vengativoexplicit media distributed as revenge
Swedish hämndporr
- hämndporrexplicit media distributed as revenge
Turkish intikam pornosu
- intikam pornosuexplicit media distributed as revenge
Vietnamese khiêu dâm trả thù
- khiêu dâm trả thùexplicit media distributed as revenge
Welsh pornograffi dial
- pornograffi dialexplicit media distributed as revenge
Cite this entry
revenge porn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revenge%20porn
“revenge porn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revenge%20porn. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revenge porn,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revenge%20porn.
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