pornacopia

Intermediate 💻 Tech / IT

Definition

A portmanteau of 'porn' and 'cornucopia' describing any location or device containing an overwhelming abundance of adult content. Think of it as the horn of plenty, but significantly NSFW. Usually refers to that one friend's hard drive that everyone knows about but nobody mentions at family gatherings.

Example Usage

Dude's old laptop is a complete pornacopia—IT definitely saw some things when they tried to fix it.

Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pornacopia&defid=2905299)

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