meat space
Not the internet
Meat space is internet slang for the physical world, as opposed to the digital or virtual realm of cyberspace.
The term playfully emphasizes that human bodies are made of flesh—meat—and must occupy actual physical locations.
It typically appears in contexts where someone distinguishes between online interactions and face-to-face encounters: We've been gaming together for years but never met in meat space.
The word carries a slightly irreverent, sci-fi inflected tone.
- real lifeExistence beyond imagination
- real worldTangible everyday existence
- offlineNot internet-connected
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- flesh and bloodOne's close relatives
atoms · street level · reality · jostle · footsteps · embodiment · handshake · existence · skin · face-to-face interaction · IRL · crowd · AFK · carbon-based · scent · shoulder · traffic · cough
meat spacecyberspace
Virtual electronic network environment
virtual reality · online · metaverse · the web · VR
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