"pr0n" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: n0rp [alternative], prawn [alternative], pron [alternative]
Etymology: Respelling of porn with middle letters transposed and o replaced with zero. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pr0n (uncountable)
  1. (Internet slang, leetspeak) Filter-avoidance spelling of porn. Tags: Internet, Leet, uncountable Derived forms: Derived forms include n0rp, pr0n spelled backwards, and prawn, based on the phonetics of pr0n and used to avoid internet content filters
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      "form": "n0rp",
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    },
    {
      "form": "prawn",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pron",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English leet",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pornography",
          "orig": "en:Pornography",
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        },
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          "word": "pr0n spelled backwards"
        },
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          "word": "and prawn"
        },
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        }
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          ],
          "ref": "2017, Emma Newman, After Atlas, Hachette UK, →ISBN:",
          "text": "They were just pr0n, really. And I figured you might need to blow off some steam. No pun intended.",
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          "ref": "2019, Joseph M. Reagle Jr, quoting Merlin Mann, Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 52:",
          "text": "Merlin Mann, creator of 43 Folders, joked about the lure of “productivity pr0n” (pornography in internet slang) as early as 2005: “It is a tongue-in-cheek term often used lovingly by its avid—even obsessive—consumers. It often implies the awareness that not all productivity pr0n leads to actual productivity[…]",
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      "word": "pr0n spelled backwards"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "based on the phonetics of pr0n and used to avoid internet content filters"
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  "etymology_text": "Respelling of porn with middle letters transposed and o replaced with zero.",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "prawn",
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        "English terms spelled with numbers",
        "English terms with quotations",
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          "text": "Merlin Mann, creator of 43 Folders, joked about the lure of “productivity pr0n” (pornography in internet slang) as early as 2005: “It is a tongue-in-cheek term often used lovingly by its avid—even obsessive—consumers. It often implies the awareness that not all productivity pr0n leads to actual productivity[…]",
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}

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