sausage factory

Meanings

1. A facility producing sausage meat products.
2. Synonym of sausage party.
3. An unappealing process to generate something familiar.
4. The process of creating news, involving the pursuit of stories, sources and research.
5. Dealings and compromises that take place behind the scenes to enact legislation.

Etymology

In the sense of a gathering without women, sausage is a euphemism for penis. In other figurative senses, it is an example of a food that may be made from distasteful ingredients.