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> It's not porn if it's text.

Well the Greek roots are literally "writing about prostitutes". I'd argue explicit depiction of sex for the sake of getting off is porn. In literature, drawing, photo, or video. There's even the audio form.

English also has "erotica". Which is... porn which has some non-porn value? Semi-clothed porn? Most romance fiction is more to the clothed than unclothed end of the erotica spectrum, anyway. I wouldn't class most as porn. Though there sure are some pornographic books. I was surprised to learn how many synonyms for the genitalia there are.



> Well the Greek roots are literally "writing about prostitutes".

I mean, if you want to follow the etymology the graph root means "scrape", because you write by scratching marks into a soft surface.

But the word (actually) refers equally to writing and pictures.


I guess with text we sometimes use the term smut?




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