xvideo
xvideo · xvideos
A pornographic video or filmA pornographic video or film; a porno.
/ɛksˈvɪdioʊ/
Meaning
2 senses(Internet)A pornographic video or film; a porno.
(Internet, humorous)A video on the social networking service X (formerly Twitter); an X video.
Origin
Compound of X (“obscene, adult, pornographic”, adjective) + video. The website sense is deCompound of X (“obscene, adult, pornographic”, adjective) + video. The website sense is derived from a notional singular form of XVideos, a pornographic video-sharing website, itself named after the first etymological root and coined in 2007 by the website creator Stephane Michael Pacaud.
From X (“a social networking service”) + video. Coined in July 2023 when Twitter rebranded to X; by analogy with the above sense and the pornographic website XVideos to criticise or mock the name change.
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