noun
Meaning 1
Pork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
the other white meat
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noun
Meaning 2
Human flesh, in the context of cannibalism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, idiomatic, informal, uncountable
Qualifier: horror
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: long pig, long pork, man-meat
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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).