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meat crayon

meat crayon

9.9
A sausage or sandwich made from processed meat and called jokingly
  • noun
  • Slang
translation icon : salchicha
  • She packed a meat crayon sandwich in her lunch for work.

Examples

  • The kids laughed when their dad called the hot dogs meat crayons.

  • Have you tried a meat crayon from that new deli?

  • The deli advertised their sausage rolls as gourmet meat crayons.

  • I ordered a meat crayon for lunch.

  • He picked up a meat crayon from the food truck at the festival.

  • The kids enjoyed their lunch of meat crayons while watching cartoons.

  • For the picnic, she prepared several meat crayons filled with different kinds of sausage.

Synonyms

sausage
vsmeat crayon
184 1.0

A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin

is a humorous playful name usually applied to that kind of processed meat
baloney
vsmeat crayon
  • US
6 4.2

A large smoked sausage often sliced for sandwiches

is a humorous playful name used for that meat or for its sandwiches

How Processed

meat crayon
  • Slang
9.9
Spam
24 1.9
burger
406 1.0
sausage
184 1.0
ground beef
  • US
19 1.0
steak
474 1.0

Surface Forms

meat crayon singular
meat crayons plural

Morphology

meat + crayon

The compound combines the transparent element 'meat' with a metaphoric use of 'crayon' (a stick-like colored wax) so a learner who knows both words can plausibly infer a humorous, stick-shaped meat product or novelty sandwich. However, this is a creative slang coinage whose specific referent (sausage or processed-meat sandwich) and pragmatic humour are language- and culture-dependent, so the exact meaning is not fully predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Meat crayon is a playful name that may come from the image of meat formed into a short, round stick like a crayon. That's why people jokingly call a 'sausage' or a sandwich with 'processed meat' a meat crayon.