"war porn"

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Nov 16, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:

> 'A war film that emphasizes violence or heroism for an uncritical audience'

James Harbeck on ADS-L 3/28/09 with torture porn, then from a Google search on {“it’s just * porn”}:
  food porn, journo-porn, hurricane porn, lifestyle porn, war porn, automotive porn, veg growers porn, car porn

and: On Mar 15, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:

  The most interesting thing to me in all this is that earlier exx. of "X porn" imply that porn is a sinister, disgusting thing (e.g., "war porn").

and on my blog:

http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/snowclonelet-composites/
reference to ADS-L discussion, with food porn, and to my inventory at the time

http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/gimme-shelter/
with house porn (from Terry Castle), referring to magazines with sumptuous depictions of interiors

.....

at some point, it isn't really useful to collect more examples of a pattern that's been very amply attested, indeed on this mailing list.

arnold

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