Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porno chic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: porno chic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Positive mainstream attention toward sexually explicit films, beginning in the late 1960s with commercial American pornography.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This period of porno chic arrived with an asterisk that insisted it was all a game, a postmodern, sex-positive appropriation of porn’s tropes and aesthetics."

Etymology

Coined by American journalist Ralph Blumenthal.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does porno chic mean?: Positive mainstream attention toward sexually explicit films, beginning in the late 1960s with commercial American pornography.
Where does porno chic come from?: Coined by American journalist Ralph Blumenthal.

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