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as in pornographic
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
a collection of porny postcards of the type that American servicemen once brought back from Europe
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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
found porny magazines hidden in an old box stored in the attic of the house
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Recent Examples of porny
Of course Fennell is making an abrasive, porny movie that may or may not open with a corpse ejaculating.
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Emily Temple
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Some of the entries were so porny-sounding that the Empress had to dab repeatedly at her tiara — even when the story turned out to be about slipping a Visa into the card-reading machine.
—Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
Watching other races required going down one of three avenues: expensive pay-TV packages; a VPN that didn’t always work; or dodgy pirate streams, littered with porny pop-up ads and, likely viruses.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 4 May 2018
Emily Temple
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Some of the entries were so porny-sounding that the Empress had to dab repeatedly at her tiara — even when the story turned out to be about slipping a Visa into the card-reading machine.
—Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
Watching other races required going down one of three avenues: expensive pay-TV packages; a VPN that didn’t always work; or dodgy pirate streams, littered with porny pop-up ads and, likely viruses.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 4 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for porny
Adjective
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According to the criminal complaint, the victims told police that Meyers asked them to send nude photos or make pornographic videos.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The employees also sent pornographic magazines with the husband’s name on them to a neighbor’s home and planned to break into the couple’s garage to install a GPS device on their car.—
Leah Willingham,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Guests will enjoy the experience free from disruptive behavior, foul language, obscene gestures, fighting, unruly conduct or inconsiderate actions.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Davidson has Tourette's with Coprolalia, which involves involuntary outbursts of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks, according to the Tourette Association of America.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For many readers and critics, the perception was that Mansfield was almost writing children’s fiction, since most of her stories are deceptively easy to read, although her themes are entirely adult in both form and content.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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Justin Vernon’s midwestern charm and pliable falsetto has always endeared him to indie-rock dads raised on Michael McDonald, but starting a family himself between Bon Iver projects turned this year’s Sable, Fable into a deep examination of the fatherly adult contemporary figure in popular music.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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On Heavenly’s last record, released in 1996, their daydreamy idealism had become more vulgar and concrete, and the instrumental backing had adopted a Britpop punchiness to match; however, the album was released just after drummer Mathew Fletcher’s death, leading to Heavenly’s abrupt dissolution.—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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In 2024, another former WISN-AM radio host, Jay Weber, was suspended for two weeks after posting vulgar comments about Walz's then-17-year-old neurodivergent son, Gus.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Our antiheroine deals with these indignities by developing an erotic obsession with the department’s new, also-married hire, Vladimir (Leo Woodall).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Jonas also created the series, writing and executive producing, bringing the book’s erotic charge and its sense of shifting reality to the streamer.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Vonn’s hugely successful World Cup season at age 41 was ended by a nasty crash one month ago at the Milan Cortina Olympics that wrecked her left leg.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the first inning of the club’s matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon, Sal Frelick waved haplessly at a nasty changeup from Edward Cabrera for his first strikeout of the day.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Gaines finished Martin's sexy coquette look with gray knee-socks by Capezio and vintage black-and-white wedges by Nicholas Kirkwood.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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Megan Fox marked her return to Instagram with some sexy new pictures.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Hurley argued the lack of a foul call and was whistled for two technical fouls before heading to the locker room while shaking his head.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Lee forces a foul call after a drive to the rim.—
American-Statesman staff,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Porny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porny. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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