snowclone: [X] porn

[James Harbeck]

>It's in OED, _porn_ n.(2) sense 2, "As the second element in
>compounds: denoting written or visual material that emphasizes
>the sensuous or sensational aspects of a non-sexual subject,
>appealing to its audience in a manner likened to the
>titillating effect of pornography," with quotes back to 1973,
>including _food porn_, _disaster porn_, _gastro-porn_,
>_weather porn_, etc.

Ack. I've fallen prey to the recency illusion! It didn't even occur
to me to check the OED.

James Harbeck.

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