soylentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

soylent (uncountable)

1. An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat.
   • 1966, Harry Harrison, Make Room! Make Room!‎, published 1973, →ISBN, →OL, 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, Roger C. Pfaffenberger, Mathematical Programming for Economics and Business, Ames: Iowa State University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN:

     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, Shane Berryhill, 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.

派生語

• soylent green
• soylent blue
• soylent pink

参考

• mystery meat

アナグラム

• Snotley, Yeltons