time porn

English

Noun

time porn (uncountable)

1. (informal) Media, especially television shows, which depicts people enjoying unrealistic amounts of free time.
   • 1994 May 23, Colin McEnroe, “Time porn”, in The Spokesman-Review:

     The characters of "Seinfeld" wallow obscenely in unscheduled time, as did the characters on "Cheers," probably the mother of all time-porn shows.

   • 1996, Leonard I. Sweet, The Jesus Prescription for a Healthy Life, Abingdon Press, →ISBN, page 38:

     Why the immense popularity of TV shows like Cheers, Seinfeld, and Mad About You? Because the characters never seem to do anything but hang out. They lure us through "time porn," the tease of a life with enough time and leisure for the friendships that we all covet and know we need but don't seem to make a priority.

   • 1997, Matthew Branton, The Love Parade, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 105:

     Who wants to have other people comment on your obsessive fifteen-hour viewathons of time-porn TV shows (where you ogle people with free time like other generations ogled flesh); […]

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