Why this word is great
PORNOVIOLENCE — [Noun] Graphic depictions of violence, especially in media, intended to appeal to a prurient or voyeuristic audience interest. Coined by Tom Wolfe in 1967, from the combining form porno- (from pornography, ultimately from Greek pornē, "prostitute") + violence (from Latin violentia, "vehemence, violence"). Unlike the raw fact of "violence" or the broad provocation of "sensationalism," pornoviolence is the deliberate, aestheticized commodification of brutality. It is the arterial spray framed like a macabre fountain, the choreographed crunch of bone with its own sound design, the video game mechanic that rewards the most creatively gruesome kill—violence stripped of consequence and polished into a sterile, repeatable pleasure, betraying our capacity to find a dark thrill in the dismantling of others.