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- noun An
undesirable ,lackluster , andartificial foodstuff , as a substitute forreal meat .
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Examples
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And no, we don’t mean them being used as in soylent green, but rather, to
Hot Swedes Use Body Heat to Heat Train Station | Inhabitat 2008
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And no, we don’t mean them being used as in soylent green, but rather, to use the energy generated from the movement of large numbers of pedestrians through an occupied space.
Hot Swedes Use Body Heat to Heat Train Station | Inhabitat 2008
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We have tried the tax the rich method, it failed. worked perfectly, and for a long time. your “soylent solutions” are preposterous.
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I can imagine that it would beat the taste of soylent green.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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Us liberals are just using it to plan how to put you in concentration camps and make soylent green out of you and your children!
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But not in the direction of soylent green, which will begin with denying health care to the elderly, like OBs plan will do.
Obama says economy 'may be headed in the right direction' 2009
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Novak Djokovic wins the first set 6-2Second set: Djokovic 6-2, 0-1 *Nadal (*denotes server) After a quick dash to the coffee machine for a Product Zero (it's a bit like soylent green, but made from mung beans and papaya**) we're ready for the second set.
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - as it happened! | John Ashdown 2011
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Make Room!, an excellent work of noir dystopian SF, and was shocked to discover that while the book makes mention of soylent steaks, there is never any suggestion these rations are anything but soy/lentil-derived protein.
MIND MELD: What Makes a Successful SciFi/Fantasy Book Adaptation? Why Do Some Fail? 2008
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I worked at WF and crazy weird OCD / “prone-to-episodes” types were our bread and butter. $10 will get you a recycled tote bag, a chunk of nasty soylent brown carob and some lip creme.
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Soon the people who bought their Dutch city bike for the laterally chic and vertically smug properties are going to realise that the basket on the front wasn't originally intended for portaging fair trade tea, fair trade spices and fair trade soylent green, but for portaging space tea, space cakes... and fair trade soylent green to sort out the munchies. ce
BSNYC Friday Fun Conspiracy! BikeSnobNYC 2010
uselessness commented on the word soylent
A portmanteau of soybean and lentil, referring to an inexpensive, high-yield crop product created as a food source for the masses. It can be formed into a variety of shapes and textures, and comes in a range of colors which are each made from a different base ingredient. It's made by the Soylent Corporation and distributed by the government. Additionally, it's people.
September 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word soylent
Soylent Green is people??
September 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word soylent
Nah, just playin'!
September 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word soylent
*relieved*
September 15, 2007