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smut

noun [U] (SEXUAL MATERIAL)
 
 
/smʌt/ disapproving

Definition

magazines, books, pictures, films, jokes, or conversations that offend some people because they relate to sex: There's an awful lot of smut on television these days. Patrick's conversations are always full of smut.Sexual devices and the sex industry
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