07-30-2012, 06:25 PM
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|  Re: My wife is addicted to porn.
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Originally Posted by anony2  The etymology of the word pornography is:
"pornography
1857, "description of prostitutes," from Fr. pornographie, from Gk. pornographos "(one) writing of prostitutes," from porne "prostitute," originally "bought, purchased" (with an original notion, probably of "female slave sold for prostitution;" related to pernanai "to sell," from PIE root per- "to traffic in, to sell," cf. L. pretium "price") + graphein "to write" (see -graphy). Originally used of classical art and writing; application to modern examples began 1880s. Main modern meaning "salacious writing or pictures" represents a slight shift from the etymology, though classical depictions of prostitution usually had this quality." | Yes. The word comes to us from the French pornographie, via the French speaking section of New Orleans in the 1840's. The French word was in turn derived from the Greek, πορνογραφος.
It was a compound word formed by fusing the feminine noun, πορνή (Prostitute) with the infinitive, γραφειν (to writie)
Unlike Greek words of recent origin like "Photograph" or "Cardiograph" this was real bonafide ancient word that was used in speech.
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Re: My wife is addicted to porn. 
SEXUALLY FRUSTRATED does not begin to explain what I'm feeling right now.
