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the other white meat

the other white meat noun: pork.

Noun

the other white meat (uncountable)

  1. Pork.
    • If you think you have to serve fish or fowl to get the light, wholesome nutrition and easy convenience that today's lifestyles demand, take a fresh look at pork — the other white meat.1987, Working Mother, page 199
    • You can't go wrong with pork, it's the other white meat you know.”2002, Tony Parra, The Burger Joint, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 104
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic, informal, horror) Human flesh, in the context of cannibalism.
    • A normal human corpse is considered to have three servings of "the other white meat."1999, White Wolf, White Wolf Games Studio, Mind's Eye Theatre Journal, White Wolf Pub, →ISBN
    • Looking down I saw they were covered in blood, not sweet honey barbecue sauce and that chicken wing I was gnawing on was the other white meat.2015, Rachel Lynn, Women of the Night: Seven Supernaturally Charged Short Stories, Bast & Rune, page 1

the other white meat meaning in Bengali

the other white meat in Bengali

শূকরের মাংস, নরভক্ষণের প্রেক্ষাপটে মানুষের মাংস

Synonyms of the other white meat

Origin of the other white meat

From a slogan used by the National Pork Board to promote the sale of pork in the United States in the 1980s. Although some cuts are lighter, pork is typically classified as red meat. The horror sense emerged from the use of long pork as a euphemism for human meat (this coinage being based on its reputedly pork-like taste).

Questions about the other white meat

What does the other white meat mean?
The other white meat means pork.
What is the other white meat in Bengali?
The other white meat in Bengali is শূকরের মাংস, নরভক্ষণের প্রেক্ষাপটে মানুষের মাংস. See The other white meat meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is the other white meat?
The other white meat is a noun.

Words near the other white meat in the dictionary

  1. the other day
  2. the other place
  3. the other way
  4. the other way around
  5. the other way round
  6. the other white meat
  7. The Other Wiki
  8. The Oval
  9. the pantaloons off
  10. the pants off
  11. the party is over

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