pink slime

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper.
A meat byproduct produced from scraps by heating and then treating with ammonia to produce a food additive.
Low-quality, mass-produced internet content, especially AI-generated.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pink, slime. Slime which is pink.

/ˌpɪŋk ˈslaɪm/ en-au-pink slime.ogg

pink slime

Apparently first applied to food in 2002 by Food Safety and Inspection Service microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein.

lean finely textured beef boneless lean beef trimmings

white slime

pink-slime journalism

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