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Gorn

noun

  1. member of a fictional alien species
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡɔːn/ / /ɡɔɹn/

noun

Etymology: Blend of gore + porn.

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

    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.

verb

Etymology: See gone.

  1. Pronunciation spelling of gone.

    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.”