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pornophone

pornophone noun: a smartphone, with or without any pornographic content.

Noun

pornophone (plural pornophones)

  1. (derogatory) A 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

Forms of pornophone

pluralpornophones

Origin of pornophone

Apparently coined after the addictive properties of smartphones and pornographic material.

Questions about pornophone

What does pornophone mean?
Pornophone means a smartphone, with or without any pornographic content.
What part of speech is pornophone?
Pornophone is a noun.
What is the plural of pornophone?
The plural of pornophone is pornophones.

Words near pornophone in the dictionary

  1. pornophilic
  2. pornophobe
  3. pornophobes
  4. pornophobia
  5. pornophobic
  6. pornophone
  7. pornophony
  8. pornorific
  9. pornos
  10. pornoscopy
  11. pornosexual

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