[Ads-l] porn

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Tue Jan 21 17:47:45 UTC 2020


> On Jan 21, 2020, at 9:36 AM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I use "porn" figuratively in a couple of icons on my blog, "food porn" and
> "language porn", not with any warning or opprobrious intent.
> 
> See
> https://v.dreamwidth.org/1156966/1143119
> and
> https://v.dreamwidth.org/9807590/1143119
> 
> MAM

just to note that the reference to warnings or opprobrious intent came from JL, not from me (or the OED).

arnold

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