carnography

== English == === Etymology === From Latin carnis (“meat”) and Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”), by analogy to pornography. Although it is often taken to be a blend carnage and pornography, this is not the case. === Noun === carnography (uncountable) Any writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of bloodshed or violence. ==== Synonyms ==== violence porn === References === "Carnography" 1972 review of First Blood by Time's John Skow which describes the book as "carnography" i.e. "meat writing". A linguist traces "carnography" as far back as 1984 Eric Raymond defining "carnography" in a book review from Wordspy