soft core

[sawft-kawr, -kohr, soft-]

soft-core

[sawft-kawr, -kohr, soft-]
adjective
of, pertaining to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def. 2).

Origin:
1965–70
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Soft core is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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soft core definition


  1. mod.
    referring to a mild type of pornography. : Now even the soft core stuff is getting harder to find at newsstands.
  2. n.
    mild pornography. : They keep some soft core under the counter.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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soft-core definition


  1. mod.
    [of pornography] less revealing or realistic than real life; not showing genitals. : They are showing a lot of soft-core stuff on cable and most of the soap operas.
  2. mod.
    less intense or extreme than hard-core.She had a soft-core approach to portraying suffering. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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