erotica
    n 1: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no
         literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual
         desire [syn: pornography, porno, porn, erotica,
         smut]

	

	27 Moby Thesaurus words for "erotica":
   French literature, Renaissance literature, ancient literature,
   belles lettres, classics, contemporary literature,
   erotic literature, folk literature, humane letters, kitsch,
   letters, literature, medieval literature, national literature,
   obscene literature, polite literature, pop literature,
   popular literature, pornographic literature, pornography,
   pseudonymous literature, republic of letters,
   scatological literature, serious literature, travel literature,
   underground literature, wisdom literature

	

	pornography
erotica
porn
porno

    Still and moving images, usually of women, in
   varying states of nudity, posing or performing erotic acts
   with men, women, animals, machines, or other props.  Some say
   it degrades women, some say it corrupts young boys (who
   down-load it from the World-Wide Web or exchange it on
   floppy disks).  Most of it is in the form of JPEG images.
   Many web sites offer porn of all sorts, almost always for a
   subscription.  It is said that these are a driving force in
   the evolution of new technology and techniques for the web.
   Advertisments for them certainly constitute a significant
   proportion of all spam.  There are even pornographic
   computer games, an early example being Mac Playmate.

   Beware - many institutions, particularly universities, have
   strict rules against their computers and networks being used
   to transfer or store such things, and you might get corrupted.

   (2002-03-08)