"meatspace" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-meatspace.wav Forms: meat space [alternative], meat-space [alternative]
Etymology: Compound of meat + space, by analogy with cyberspace. Compare in the flesh. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|meat|space}} Compound of meat + space Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} meatspace (uncountable)
  1. (Internet, sometimes derogatory) The physical world, as opposed to the virtual world of the Internet. Tags: Internet, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable Synonyms: fleshspace, ;, IRL, offline, real life

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