Meatspace

Word MEATSPACE
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Definitions and meanings of "Meatspace"

What do we mean by meatspace?

(Internet, often derogatory) The physical world, as opposed to the virtual world of the Internet.

Noun. a term, originating from cyberpunk fiction and culture, referring to the real (that is, not virtual) world, the world of flesh and blood. somewhat tongue-in-cheek. the opposite of cyberspace. Urban Dictionary

Deriving from cyberpunk novels, meatspace is the world outside of the 'net-- that is to say, the real world, where you do things with your body rather than with your keyboard. William Gibson's novels (Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Count Zero in particular) note the difference between the 'Net of the console cowboys and the world of the meat outside. Urban Dictionary

What the virtual is to cyberspace, the flesh and blood is to meatspace. Urban Dictionary

Sounds like pussy to me. Urban Dictionary

The name for the more desparate-sexual partner/date-hunting side of myspace.com coming from the slang terminology "meatmarket". Urban Dictionary

Shameless flaggelative pictures with equally shameless captions posted on social networking sites. usually, of the same angles and faces but with different clothes. Urban Dictionary

The opposite of cyberspace; Reality. The flesh and blood existence. Urban Dictionary

One whom primarily resides in the physical world as opposed to constant connection on the internet and in a virtual or cyber reality. Urban Dictionary

Real life, as opposed to the internet or video games (cyberspace). Urban Dictionary

A grill that can only be used to fry Technoknife medium rare. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Meatspace

The word "meatspace" in example sentences

Internet contacts meeting in "meatspace" for the first time can sometimes be a bit worrying but this was delightful. ❋ MadeleineS (2007)

While this might very well be true in meatspace, the economics and social dynamics of a trans-national creative community makes things rather more complicated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also, re internet dating: I feel like if you use the same approach as you do in meatspace dating, it's doomed to fail. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If she's having troubling finding them in meatspace, she can try the internet. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If saying it to a stranger in meatspace might earn you a black eye, please don't say it in your comment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since law enforcement can read the outside of an envelope in meatspace, we should provide them with equivalent information from the digital data streams or files which constitute activity on the Internet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course, out in meatspace these creatures would be smacked upside the head and laughed out of existence, but in the small world of SF, where everyone is only a click away but contact is never real, these insipid rants attain a sort of critical mass where they MUST BE ADDRESSED. ❋ Darkerblogistan (2009)

The ONLY thing I dislike about blogging is that someone like you, who is a liar, might think that I'd be afraid to tell you out in meatspace you're a liar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then correct them in meatspace and Orin promises that his technological neutrality does not discriminate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is where longtime friendships are fostered, where online acquaintances gather in meatspace, where rivalries and romances blossom. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As it is in meatspace, so it shall be in cyberspace. ❋ Unknown (2010)

People find each other in meatspace — knitters, for example. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Social networks in meatspace « Scripting News Annex ❋ Unknown (2006)

The idea of social networking in meatspace/the real world seems to be a continuing challenge both socially and professionally. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Transactions that would be a traditional purchase in meatspace are complex "license agreements" in cyberspace. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And it is certainly used as a term of derision, mostly in meatspace rather than cyberspace. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Ever just want to kick back and stream it all to whereever you happen to be in meatspace? ❋ Unknown (2005)

From a base of less than fifty direct contacts (all but four or five of whom i have met in meatspace), my Friends of Friends list now numbers 1309, with more coming in every day. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"[writers], who can go [for three] or four days [at a time] without talking to people in 'meatspace', are particularly attracted to this form of friendship." —andrew brown ❋ The Other Joey (2005)

"For many a true [computer geek], moving through meatspace is a daunting prospect." "Simstim was a [meat toy], which is why Case had never been able to [get into it]." ❋ PantherModern (2005)

I [dare] you to [say] "[pwned]" in meatspace. ❋ Lemonkey (2003)

i [slid] [my meat] into her meatspace and nearly crushed her [cervix]. ❋ Turner (2005)

dude1: "yeah [this chick] is totally [hot man], i'm gonna chat with her again" dude2: "what, is this [another one] you met on meatspace?" ❋ Olly J (2005)

A:[that guy's] hot, do you think he has a [facebook]? B:[i bet] he has a meatspace there ❋ Ulap (2009)

Jack: [lolz]... [Henry]: Hey we should hang out together tomorrow. Jack: What, you mean in [meatspace]? ❋ Insomn (2005)

--Sorry for [pulling] you away from your 'second life' "[Apology] [accepted] meatspacer" ❋ Arch Terkan (2008)

After spending some time on my [computer], I decided to go out and [take a walk] in [meatspace]. ❋ MadMark255 (2022)

person: have you used a [meatspace grill] [yet]? [Technoknife]: oh. ❋ Sndlk (2022)

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