Porn

Synonyms:	smut, erotica, pornography, lemon, spooge, furporn, Nfic
See also:	PWP, Porn Battle, kink, Slash Slut
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Fans frequently use the term Porn when referring to sexually explicit fanworks that are created at least in part to arouse the reader or viewer, as opposed to depictions of sexual abuse that are meant to evoke only pity or rage. (But see also authorial intent).

In a fannish context, "porn" does not refer to the pornography industry and often, though not always, refers to written, rather than visual, material.

Fans may also refer to non-sexual fanworks (or sourcetexts) as "porn" if those texts fill a different need. For instance, emoporn is emotionally satisfying the way sexually explicit porn is erotically satisfying.

The intentional misspellings pron and pr0n may have been invented to avoid filters for explicit sexual content. The terms are now often used as affectionate slang for porn.

Different fandoms may use different terms to describe porn in their milieu. For instance, furry fandom uses "spooge" or "furporn." In Lois & Clark, a primarily het fandom, it's called "Nfic" for "naughty fic". Many anime & manga fandoms in the 90s and early 2000s used the term "lemon" (with "lime" being the equivalent of "teen").

A Very Early Fannish Use

While the word "porn" in the mainstream world in a negative way for a long time, the term was used by fans affectionately as early as 1978. From the editorial of a Star Trek: TOS zine, Fantasia #2:

Fandom, too, has changed somewhat in the year since my first issue. There have been some problems, not the least of which is the latest rift between the porn-haters and the porn-lovers (I use the word 'porn' here very loosely to refer to any fiction that is adult in content, although I really don't feel that much of the adult Treklit is really pornographic). Being "pro porn" myself, I've decided to put my two cent's worth in...