Rule 34

English

Etymology

From the caption of a 2003 webcomic, later included in a list of “Rules of the Internet” originally circulated on 4chan by members of Anonymous, in which the rule was formulated as "if it exists, there is porn of it, no exceptions".

Proper noun

Rule 34

1. (Internet slang, fandom slang, informal) The proposition that there are pornographic depictions of anything and everything, especially as fan art on the Internet.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rule 34.

Noun

Rule 34 (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang, fandom slang, informal) Pornographic content of this kind, and by extension, porn itself.

   Is there any Rule 34 of this character yet?

See also

• Rule 63

Anagrams

• Rule 43