Originally Posted by Norm_uk

The word derives from the Greek πορνογραφία (pornographia), which derives from the Greek words πόρνη (pornē, "prostitute" and pornea, "prostitution"), and γράφειν (graphein, "to write or to record," derived meaning "illustration," cf. "graph"), and the suffix -ία (-ia, meaning "state of," "property of," or "place of"), thus meaning "a written description or illustration of prostitutes or prostitution"...A lot closer to my rough translation of "dirty pictures" than your "that which is likely to corrupt or deprave" methinks

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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy

Fair enough, oh etymologous one. Where did I pick up "likely to corrupt or deprave" from? Seems etched in my memory, perhaps from my progressive French teacher last century who also taught us that "nice" isn't a word. And that Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol and their contemporaries were as suitable fodder for teenage boys as Everyone Home Should Have One. I stand corrected.