Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long pig

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: long pig
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Human flesh used by cannibals as meat.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""As a long pig!" I exclaimed in surprise; "why what does he mean by that?" "He means somethin' very unpleasant," answered Bill with a frown."
"If we were reckless enough to risk being served up as "long pig" by the savages of Malekula, that was our lookout, not his."
"While Melanesian cannibals make "long pig," barbecuing enemies, legal and political cannibals in San Francisco put a beautiful wealthy woman, Penny Penny Hill, on trial for murder […]"

Etymology

Allegedly a calque of Fijian vuaka balavu.

Usage

Inflected Forms

long pigs (plural) longpig (alternative) long-pig (alternative)

Synonyms

humanflesh long pork man-meat the other white meat

Questions

What does long pig mean?: Human flesh used by cannibals as meat.
Where does long pig come from?: Allegedly a calque of Fijian vuaka balavu.

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