[ADS-L] New meanings for pornography?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 02:02:58PM -0800, Dave Wilton wrote:
> There's also the use of " ____ porn" to refer to something that that appeals
> to desires other than sex. An advertisement that features particularly
> succulent photos of food is "food porn," a computer magazine is "geek porn,"
> etc.

This is in OED, by the way, and though the first quote
displayed (for "gastro-porn") is currently 1977, there's a
1973 that's supposed to be published in the next update. (We
actually had it before, but it was deleted because an editor
misinterpreted its context.)

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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