English
warn|neologism
Etymology
Blend of explore and pornography, coined by columnist w:John Tierney (journalist)|John Tierney
Noun
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- context|pejorative|jocular A fascination with historic explorations, particularly by reenacting them.
#*1998, John Tierney, �Explornography: The Vicarious thrill of Exploring When There's Nothing Left to Explore�, The New York Times Magazine, July 26, section 6, page 18+
#*:Age of Exploration has been succeeded by the Age of Explornography
#*1999 March, Michael J. Wolf, The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-media Forces are Transforming Our Lives, page 169, Times Books
#*:The success of Outside magazine and its ability to generate blockbuster books such as The Perfect Storm, Into Thin Air, and the IMAX film Everest reflect an �explornography� trend of vicariously breaking free of civilization by entering into the natural world at its most capricious and violent.
#*2002 March, Elizabeth Haiken, Artificial Parts, Practical Lives (multiple authors), page 171, NYU Press
#*:A core sample taken from the refuse pile reveals...Gore-Tex, that miracle fiber of �explornography�, then, a layer of Teflon and several layers of silicone solids
Quotations
2006 January, Peter Charles Hoffer, Sensory Worlds in Early America, page 12, Johns Hopkins University Press
:Re-enactors are the ultimate �explornographers��<!--long dash-->voyueristic seekers of long-lost explorer�s experiences.
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