The term porb refers to an extremely common typo that occurs when internet users are searching for online pornography or “porn." Due to the frequency with which this particular internet foible occurs, one of the top results that appears when porb is typed into Google is an Urban Dictionary entry with over 23,000 upvotes:
You meant to type in porn on google but you made a typo and typed porb instead. You then saw the urban dictionary page which made you curious so you clicked on it. Now you are reading this.
-Dav0c for Urban Dictionary, August 16, 2010
Social Media Adult Content Filters
It is possible that the term porb, especially when used as a hashtag, can be utilized to circumvent the stringent filtering that often affects adult content on popular social media platforms, allowing accounts to share their content and users to find it.
However, due to the nature of the term, it is difficult to ascertain if the users employing it are actively attempting to avoid having their content being taken down or simply mistyping the term “porn."
Other Search Results for Porb
It is important to note that searches for “porb” will also bring up a number of medical journals referring to PorB. This is completely different and has nothing at all to do with pornography.
