"pink slime" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-pink slime.ogg
Etymology: Apparently first applied to food in 2002 by Food Safety and Inspection Service microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pink slime (uncountable)
  1. (paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper. Tags: uncountable Translations (pink microbial mass in paper making): vaaleanpunainen lima (Finnish), ро́зовая слизь (rózovaja slizʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pink_slime-en-noun-5LMnrgO~ Disambiguation of 'pink microbial mass in paper making': 79 1 3 16
  2. (informal, dysphemistic) A meat byproduct produced from scraps by heating and then treating with ammonia to produce a food additive. Tags: informal, uncountable Synonyms (meat byproduct): lean finely textured beef (alt: LFTB), boneless lean beef trimmings (alt: BLBT) Translations (meat by-product): 粉紅肉渣 (Chinese Mandarin), 粉红肉渣 (fěnhóng ròu zhā) (Chinese Mandarin), muu lihaan verrattava valmistusaine (Finnish), rosa Schleim [masculine] (German), ро́зовая слизь (rózovaja slizʹ) [feminine] (Russian), baba rosada [feminine] (Spanish), baba rosa [feminine] (Spanish), viscosidad rosada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pink_slime-en-noun-DIck3hke Categories (other): English dysphemisms Disambiguation of 'meat byproduct': 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'meat by-product': 5 82 7 5
  3. (by extension) Low-quality, mass-produced internet content, especially AI-generated. Tags: broadly, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pink_slime-en-noun-gJuV3ke8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 33 48 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 25 52 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 28 52 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 26 57 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 21 57 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 20 58 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 21 54 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 20 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 19 65 12
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pink, slime. Slime which is pink. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: pink-slime journalism Related terms: white slime
    Sense id: en-pink_slime-en-noun-mDhcCZ4y
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