Gorn – Extreme, sadistic, over-the-top bloody violence. A portmanteau of “gore” and “porn”. The term can refer to just an extremely graphic scene of bloodshed, or the entire sub-genre of torture films in the spirit of Saw.
This is part of the “What are words for?” project.
This word scored a six on a three part scale of allusiveness, political oomph and cultural capital (min score 1, max score 3 for each part of the scale). Lots of words did. This is one I clawed from the slushpile on a whim.
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