Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

room meat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: room meat
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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?""
"How much of our lives as academics is spent as room meat: turning up to things because it would look bad if the numbers were small, or just because we are meant to be there?"

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

meat in the room (alternative)

Phrases

bums in seats warm body

Frequently Paired Words

bums in seats warm body

Questions

What does room meat mean?: Person(s) present in a passive way or to make up the numbers; bystander(s).
Where does room meat come from?: from the sense of "meat" that refers negatively to people as in meat puppet

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