Meaning

Pronunciation spelling of gone..

Definitions by Sense

1. Pronunciation spelling of gone.
2. A work that dwells upon graphic and realistic scenes of sadistic torture, mutilation, vivisection, cannibalism, etc. to the point of being pornographic.

Example Sentences

you know the govner and mater have gorn to Beerits and want us ther too

“Don’t mind ’im, sir,” she advised. “’E’s more’n arf-gorn a’ready, a-’itting the jug every blessed stop.”

evry thing seemed to be all quiet and so to day we have gorn up the river again whar we was before

Well, someone should really make a Wikipedia entry coining the term "gore porn" (or better yet, "gorn"), which perfectly describes the movie version of Silent Hill.

Recent works of gorn include the several Saw and Hostel films and The Devil's Rejects (2005). The glorification of blood and gore is not new, but it has only recently entered the mainstream.

Perhaps after the spate of Gorn (Gore and porn) and ‘found footage’ movies over the past ten years (e.g. Saw, Hostel, Paranormal Activity), the film industry is starting to realise we might be getting desensitized.

Discussing the ultra-gore torture porn or "gorn" subgenre, Brenda Cromb considers the audience's reaction to films like Saw.

Perhaps the pro-life movement’s challenges in the future will be to sanctify society and save it from both traditional porn that demeans life-giving sexual love as well as newer “gorn” (gore porn) that turns death (including unjust deaths) into something that piques our curiosity rather than our sense of justice.

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