Dictionary

meat market en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

The colloquial sense was coined in the 1950s. Sex has been likened to meat since as early as the 16th century, with such references to it as "have a jumble in the giblets" and "have a bit of mutton", not to mention "carnal relations".

Meanings

1. A market where meat is sold.
2. (colloquial, idiomatic) 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:
3. (colloquial) A place or situation abounding in men, especially beefcake.

Forms

Relateds

on the market · piece of meat · off the market · fleshpot

Synonyms

meet market

Translations (11)

sw soko la nyama (market where meat is sold) · ga margadh feola (market where meat is sold) · de Fleischerei (market where meat is sold) · sv köttmarknad (place for a casual sexual encounter) · ga margadh leathair (place for a casual sexual encounter) · gd margadh na feòla (market where meat is sold) · de Fleischmarkt (market where meat is sold) · ga margadh craicinn (place for a casual sexual encounter) · it mercato della carne (market where meat is sold) · fi lihatiski (place for a casual sexual encounter) · is kjötmarkaður (market where meat is sold)