Phrase guide

room meat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Person(s) present in a passive way or to make up the numbers; bystander(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

Examples

  • There is a scene in the film In The Loop where an MP is asked to attend an important meeting. But as he enters the room he is warned, with some menace, to keep his mouth shut tight. "What?", he asks, "You've got me here as room meat?"

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

from the sense of "meat" that refers negatively to people as in meat puppet