long pork
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reportedly coined because cannibals attest that human meat tastes like pork.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) Human flesh.
- 1896-1897, Atalanta, volume 10, page 11:
- […] the doctor still seemed to share the sort of creepiness I felt at the sight of a live nigger who had actually eaten long pork.
- 1929, Oscar Asche, his life, page 50:
- Cannibals do not eat "long pork" because they are short of animal food but in order to possess the courage of those they devour. For example, a man like Peter Jackson or John L. Sullivan would have been greatly in demand.
- 1942, Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, Return to Malaya, page 369:
- They still play chess, but they no longer eat "long pork".
- 2005, Jim Christy, The redemption of Anna Dupree, page 145:
- From the back of the bar, from the man with the huge pot belly, came a sound like a cannibal might make if he was choking on long pork, "Ga gobba. Ga gobba."
- 1896-1897, Atalanta, volume 10, page 11:
Synonyms[edit]
- long pig
- the other white meat (horror)
- man-meat
Translations[edit]
human flesh — see long pig