meet market
meet market is the alternative form of meat market.
Meaning of meat market
Noun
meat market (plural meat markets)
- A market where meat is sold.
- A place where one goes to find a date or a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub.
- The rumors about Carnival 7NC’s are legion, one such rumor being that their Cruises are kind of like floating meat-market bars and that their ships bob with a conspicuous carnal squeakatasqueakata at night.1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group
- Synonyms:
- meet market
- A place or situation abounding in men, especially beefcake.
Forms of meet market
| plural | meet markets |
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Origin of meet market
From meat market (“place to meet romantic or sexual partners”), influenced by pun on meet (“encounter new person”), and to emphasize social interactions rather than physical (looking for sex).
Questions about meet market
- What is meet market the alternative form of?
- Meet market is the alternative form of meat market.
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