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“PORNALITY” comes from PORN + BANALITY, a misheard or misunderstood (if clichéd) expression that takes on a more graphic or sexualized meaning: Examples -- HARD-AND-FAST solution becomes “HARDEN-FAST” SOLUTION; NO-HOLDS-BARRED (wrestling) becomes “NO HOLES BARRED” (stick it anywhere!); NIP IT IN THE BUD becomes “NIP IT IN THE BUTT"; and, a pornality deliberately scripted for television: CORNISH GAME HEN became "CORNISH GAY MEN" as mishead by Dick Solomon (John Lithgow) on NBC-TV's "Third Rock from the Sun" (1996-2001). .
"Man, you got a buttload of mail." "Don't you mean 'boatload'? "Buttload" is a pornality." "I was gonna say 'shitload'." "Point well taken." |
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