Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being less explicit than hard-core material in depicting or describing sexual activity.
- adjective Moderate.
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- noun
pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.
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Examples
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'They then received a letter from the academic's lawyer threatening litigation if her name was linked to the book, which she described as softcore pornography.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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'They then received a letter from the academic's lawyer threatening litigation if her name was linked to the book, which she described as softcore pornography.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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'They then received a letter from the academic's lawyer threatening litigation if her name was linked to the book, which she described as softcore pornography.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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'They then received a letter from the academic's lawyer threatening litigation if her name was linked to the book, which she described as softcore pornography.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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'They then received a letter from the academic's lawyer threatening litigation if her name was linked to the book, which she described as softcore pornography.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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So tonight I was a hooker, I was "doing Irwin", and I was in softcore porn with a llama.
"When we go to FLASH, we forget about our naughty bits." tragic_elegance 2007
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Within rap, this might be called the softcore approach, as opposed to the steely declamations of a don like Jay-Z.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Warsh's poetic mode, of which this is representative, might be described as softcore disassociation, gathering sticks and bundling them together in a kind of rickety, mismatched bouquet.
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While the film is obviously not porno-grade, Zack and Miri definitely takes the idea of softcore up a few notches.
Kevin's Review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno - In a Way, Just Like Real Porn « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Boing Boing identified as a softcore porn actress, television actress, real estate vice president, and single mom.
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