Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long pork

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: long -pork
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] the doctor still seemed to share the sort of creepiness I felt at the sight of a live nigger who had actually eaten long pork."
"Cannibals do not eat "long pork" because they are short of animal food but in order to possess the courage of those they devour. For example, a man like Peter Jackson or John L. Sullivan would have been greatly in demand."
"They still play chess, but they no longer eat "long pork"."
"From the back of the bar, from the man with the huge pot belly, came a sound like a cannibal might make if he was choking on long pork, "Ga gobba. Ga gobba.""

Etymology

Reportedly coined because cannibals attest that human meat tastes like pork.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

long pig the other white meat man-meat

Questions

What does long pork mean?: Human flesh.
Where does long pork come from?: Reportedly coined because cannibals attest that human meat tastes like pork.

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