video nasty

video nasty
video nasty noun
A pornographic or horror video film
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Main Entry:video

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video nasty UK US noun [countable] [singular video nasty plural video nasties] british informal
a video that includes extremely violent scenes
Thesaurus: video and video recordinghyponym well-known television and radio programmes and charactershyponym

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noun, pl ⋯ -ties [count]
Brit informal : a very violent or offensive movie that is on video

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ˌvideo ˈnasty [video nasty] noun (BrE, informal)
a video film/movie that shows offensive scenes of sex and violence

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