purple:

1. Erotic; pornographic or very pornographic , the color purple being a grade deeper and darker than blue . Usage in this sense dates back to the early 20 ^th century.
SYNONYMS: adult ; blue ; dirty ; flaming ; hot ; off-color ; porn ; porno ; porny ; raunchy; salty ; stag ; steamy ; X-rated .

QUOTE: ' There's been a lot of purple prose written in the newspapers for the last few months about The Dane Curse ' (From the 1978 movie of that title depicting San Francisco society in the 1920s.)

2. In porno-movie jargon, smutty pornography , a deeper, darker variety of blue pornography .

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