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- noun Internet, often derogatory The physical world, as opposed to the
virtual world of theInternet .
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Examples
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Internet contacts meeting in "meatspace" for the first time can sometimes be a bit worrying but this was delightful.
Archive 2007-05-01 MadeleineS 2007
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Internet contacts meeting in "meatspace" for the first time can sometimes be a bit worrying but this was delightful.
Giraffe drinking a smoothie MadeleineS 2007
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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.
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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.
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Also, re internet dating: I feel like if you use the same approach as you do in meatspace dating, it's doomed to fail.
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing 2009
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If saying it to a stranger in meatspace might earn you a black eye, please don't say it in your comment.
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This is where longtime friendships are fostered, where online acquaintances gather in meatspace, where rivalries and romances blossom.
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Then correct them in meatspace and Orin promises that his technological neutrality does not discriminate.
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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.
April 2010 2010
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As it is in meatspace, so it shall be in cyberspace.
bkerr commented on the word meatspace
before myspace, this is all we had :(
February 20, 2007
john commented on the word meatspace
From the Jargon File:
"The physical world, where the meat lives--as opposed to cyberspace. Hackers are actually more willing to use this term than 'cyberspace', because it's not speculative--we already have a running meatspace implementation (the universe)."
October 16, 2007
sionnach commented on the word meatspace
This is such an ugly, loathsome word. Yech.
October 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word meatspace
Nah, meatspace is okay. Meatwad, now, that's a loathsome word.
Hey, why is loathsome such a cool word?
October 16, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word meatspace
I like to out of the blue in passing call my boss meathead sometimes.
October 16, 2007