backing heads n.— «Her most recent job was “backing heads,” scraping meat from between the vertebrae.» —“A Medical Mystery Unfolds in Minnesota” by Denise Grady in Austin, Minnesota New York Times Feb. 5...
head table n.— «A survey of the workers confirmed what the plant’s nurses had suspected: those who got sick were employed at or near the “head table,” where workers cut the meat off severed hog heads.» —“A Medical Mystery Unfolds in...
rape rack n.— «Cows who are strapped into what the dairy industry calls a “rape rack” and artificially inseminated each year so they will give milk.» —“I Think; Therefore, I Don’t Eat Meat” by Mark Hawthorne OpEdNews...
animal enrichment n.— «At one point in the afternoon, an Oakland Zoo employee tossed two boxes covered in camel hair and filled with meat cutlets into the tiger pit, a process called “animal enrichment” that simulates prey...
dry meat n.—Gloss: a euphemism for bushmeat. «It takes strategic thinking to find monkey meat in New York. Best to avoid the word “monkey,” for one thing — start with something innocuous-sounding, like “dry meat...
taco meat hair n.—Gloss: the tight, dark curly hair of a black person. Often used self-referentially and between black people themselves. «Even the more “evolved” conks (Jheri Curls, S-curls, Leisure Curls, and all other...