pr0n
pr0n noun: a filter-avoidance spelling of porn.
Noun
pr0n (uncountable)
- A 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
- 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...2019, Joseph M. Reagle Jr, quoting Merlin Mann, Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 52
Forms of pr0n
| alternative form | n0rp |
|---|---|
| alternative form | prawn |
| alternative form | pron |
Origin of pr0n
A respelling of porn with middle letters transposed and o replaced with zero.
Words formed from pr0n
- Derived forms include n0rp
- pr0n spelled backwards
- and prawn
- based on the phonetics of pr0n and used to avoid internet content filters
Questions about pr0n
- What does pr0n mean?
- Pr0n means a filter-avoidance spelling of porn.
- What part of speech is pr0n?
- Pr0n is a noun.
Words near pr0n in the dictionary
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