different between pornocopia vs cornucopia

English

Alternative forms

• porno-copia
• pornucopia

Etymology

Blend of porn +? cornucopia

Pronunciation

Noun

pornocopia (plural pornocopias)

1. An abundance of pornography, sexual imagery, or nudity.
   • 1999, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, Routledge (1999), ?ISBN, page 31:

     But the "coming" is decidedly profane: an encounter with a dominatrix, who strips Principle, makes him beg, then rides him through a porno-copia of sexual positions.

   • 2001, David Taras, Power and Betrayal in the Canadian Media, Broadview Press (2001), ?ISBN, pages 110-111:

     What author Frank Rose calls the web's "pornocopia" generated close to $1 billion (U.S.) in revenue in 1996.

   • 2005, Pamela Paul, Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families, Owl Books (2005), ?ISBN, page 109:

     Back in the pre-"pornocopia" era, wearing a thong meant painful waxing and a wedgie, pole dancing meant emulating a low-class stripper, and taking a man for a lap dance meant tolerating and even endorsing the humiliation of watching your mate cheat.

   • 2006, Henry Jenkins, "'He's in the Closet but He's Not Gay': Male-Male Desire in Penthouse Letters", in Pornography: Film and Culture (ed. Peter Lehman), Rutgers University Press (2006), ?ISBN, page 147:

     Pornocopia represents a form of sexuality that, for the most part, only exists through fiction – a particular kind of pornographic space that gives greater license to the imagination of readers and writers alike than they were apt to enjoy in the real world.

   • 2007, Henry Jenkins, The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture, New York University Press (2007), ?ISBN, page 132:

     Hollywood becomes a "pornocopia" where erotic desire is everything and must be satisfied at all costs.

   • 2009, Terence Taylor, Bite Marks: A Vampire Testament, St. Martin's Press (2009), ?ISBN, page 51:

     Marlowe's eyes trailed slick video covers posted outside each, a pornocopia of pouting lips, inflated breasts, and overblown cocks.

English

Etymology

From Latin corn?c?pia (“mythical horn of plenty”), from corn? (“horn”) + c?pia (“abundance”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.n??k??.pi.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k???.n??ko?.pi.?/, /?k???.nj??ko?.pi.?/

Noun

cornucopia (countable and uncountable, plural cornucopias)

1. (Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted.
2. A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
3. An abundance or plentiful supply.

   The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.

Synonyms

• horn of plenty
• See also Thesaurus:cornucopia

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Noun

cornucopia f (plural cornucopie)

1. cornucopia

Spanish

Noun

cornucopia f (plural cornucopias)

1. cornucopia