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Auction vs Reflectoporn - What's the difference?

auction | reflectoporn |

As nouns the difference between auction and reflectoporn

is that auction is a public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder while reflectoporn is exhibitionism of a sexual nature in which a person takes a photograph of a reflective object, such as a kettle or cutlery, while they are naked so that their naked image appears in the reflection, and then puts this object up for sale, illustrated by the photograph, on an online auction site or alternatively posts the pictures on the Internet.

As a verb auction

is to sell at an auction.

auction

English

(wikipedia auction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-07-12, volume=412, issue=8895, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Competition, hammered , passage=Auctions' come in a wide variety. In a “Dutch '''auction'''”, often used to sell flowers and fruit, prices start high and gradually drop until a bidder is willing to pay up. A “Japanese '''auction'''” is a bit like poker: bids rise with each round and anyone who wants to win must bid every time. Vendors using ' auctions rid themselves of the headache of choosing prices and instead just pick the rules bidders must follow.}}

    Synonyms

    * roup sale

    Derived terms

    {{der3, auctionable , auction house , auctionlike , Dutch auction , Vickrey auction , silent auction}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sell at an auction.

    • Derived terms

    * auctioneer * auction off

    See also

    * bid * bidder

    Anagrams

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    reflectoporn

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Exhibitionism of a sexual nature in which a person takes a photograph of a reflective object, such as a kettle or cutlery, while they are naked so that their naked image appears in the reflection, and then puts this object up for sale, illustrated by the photograph, on an online auction site or alternatively posts the pictures on the Internet.
  • * 2004 , Internet auction site eBay has been hit by a new craze in which sellers appear naked in reflections on goods they're selling. “Reflectoporn” is said to have started in the US and now British exhibitionists have caught on. — Ananova news story