gorn

UK/ɡɔːn/US/ɡɔɹn/

gorn is the pronunciation spelling of gone.

Meaning of gone

gone (comparative further gone or farther gone or goner, superlative furthest gone or farthest gone or gonest)

Away, having left.
- Are they gone already?
No longer existing, having passed.
- The days of my youth are gone.
Used up.
- I'm afraid all the coffee is gone.
Broken, failed.
- The bulb is gone. Can you put a new one in?
Dead.
- Dust, that a breath could blow aside, yet that was once, like ourselves, animate with hope, passion, and sorrow, is below; around are the vain memorials of human grief and human pride; yet all alike dedicated to the gone.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 221
Doomed, done for.
- Have you seen the company's revenue? It's through the floor. They're gone.

gorn (usually uncountable, plural gorns)

(usually) A work that dwells upon graphic and realistic scenes of sadistic torture, mutilation, vivisection, cannibalism, etc. to the point of being pornographic.
- Well, someone should really make a Wikipedia entry coining the term "gore porn" (or better yet, "gorn"), which perfectly describes the movie version of Silent Hill.2006, The Official Xbox Magazine, Issues 62-65, numbers 62-65, Future Network USA, page 95
- Recent works of gorn include the several Saw and Hostel films and The Devil's Rejects (2005). The glorification of blood and gore is not new, but it has only recently entered the mainstream.2010 March 30, Richard W. Kroon, A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms, illustrated edition, McFarland, →ISBN, page 315

plural	gorns

See gone.

Blend of gore + porn.

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What does gorn mean?: Gorn means a work that dwells upon graphic and realistic scenes of sadistic torture, mutilation, vivisection, cannibalism, etc. to the point of being pornographic.
What is gorn the pronunciation spelling of?: Gorn is the pronunciation spelling of gone.
What part of speech is gorn?: Gorn is a noun.
How do you pronounce gorn?: Gorn is pronounced /ɡɔːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of gorn?: The plural of gorn is gorns.

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