A working taxonomy of things meat proxies say

Phrases recorded in the wild, explained for real, and traced back to the human who forwarded them. New specimens added as the ecosystem evolves.

Start with the term that named the site: what is a meat proxy? Every entry carries a plain-English definition, where the phrase came from, a dated timeline, and what to say when you hear it at work. Entries show when they were last updated and link their sources.