English

Noun

soylent ‎(uncountable)

1. An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat.
   • 1966, Harrison, Harry, Make Room! Make Room!, published 1973, ISBN 9780425023907, OL 7500531M, page 26:

     The soylent steaks were sitting like lead in his stomach and twice he had to go back to the dark and miserable toilet in the rear of the building.

   • 1976, Pfaffenberger, Roger C., Mathematical Programming for Economics and Business, Ames: Iowa State University Press, ISBN 9780813810553, LCCN 75023045:

     It is decided that the product will be composed of three elements — soylent green, red, and blue. Each pound of the final product must contain at least 2000 calories of energy and 1000 units of vitamins.

   • 2008, Berryhill, Shane, Chance Fortune and the Outlaws, New York: Starscape, published 2011, chapter 8:

     “Today's selection is Superaide with a choice of soylent yellow or soylent red,” the servodroid said.

Derived terms

• soylent green
• soylent pink

See also

• mystery meat

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