Meaning of meat puppet | Babel Free
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Examples
“Blood-spurting meat puppets did herky-jerky hulas as the lethal barrage of multipurpose rounds struck their targets with pinpoint accuracy and devastating results.”
“He never really woke again, not in a form⟳ I could say⟳ good-bye to; he became simply a meat puppet in an immense bed, a pistil in a rose.”
“I eat⟳ his galactic dream⟳ hole; I plow him into a meat-puppet stupor, shoot⟳ deep inside his five-star ass, and suck⟳ out the whipped cream for dessert till his rocket shoots stars.”
“This takes on serious implications if the meat puppet itself can be spammed — personality could be erased, augmented, juxtaposed, stolen or hidden behind — and presumably there would be attempts to make⟳ such activities illegal.”
“He, too, was a meat puppet. Unable to make⟳ any decision without imagined repercussions from above, he chose to make⟳ none and instead passed his decision onto the next guy up the food chain.”
“He much preferred direct⟳ control⟳, Caliban as meat puppet who would do his bidding unquestioned .”
“One of many unfortunate side effects of his years as a meat-puppet soldier, being thrown into whatever corporate war needed warm bodies instead of tactical nukes […]”
“I played what Penn likes to refer⟳ to as “the meat puppet.” It’s a term he picked up from television cameramen, who invented it as a description of some of the beautiful but vacant people who recite the local news.”
“I fancy that I can factor in the Times' slant, but it would be better if news didn't even pretend⟳ to be objective. I'd like⟳ the meat puppet on the nightly news to say⟳, "Today Perot, the big-eared psychotic, unveiled his so-called economic plant⟳."”
“The meat puppet who usually reads the morning news had been replaced by a woman who had scaly blue skin and close-cropped green hair.”
“2001. The Complete⟳ Idiot's Guide⟳ to a Smart Vocabulary, p.88. Paul McFedries, Alpha Books Another not-so-nice term is meat puppet, a newscaster who is the intellectual equivalent of a puppet.”
“In a reversal of McLuhan, "man" becomes the extension of the nanotechnological, a meat puppet run⟳ by molecular machines.”
“I am just not that meat puppet that you have⟳ been dealing with on the 'outside. ' He was a second rate bureaucrat working out of some obscure Washington office. His body served me well, as others have⟳ for generations.”
“Torture those hairless apes with heat-seeking anal probes, turn⟳ bystanders into meat-puppet disguises, or abduct humans and lay⟳ their office buildings to waste⟳.”
““Well, I'll tell⟳ you something. You are not getting your hands on my monster, my greatest creation to date⟳. You will not be using him as your meat puppet.” “You think⟳ I'd want⟳ this wretched homunculus for a body?” “I right here.” “Oh, no, you have⟳ me all wrong. You see⟳, the divine human vessel I wish⟳ to inhabit is your own⟳.” “Huh?” “ I beg⟳ your pardon?” “Oh, come⟳ on, son, you've had your turn⟳. Be a good boy and let⟳ your daddy inhabit your flesh.””
“Here, sonny, want⟳ to see⟳ my meat puppet?”
“I landed on the handle⟳ of the cart and hurt⟳ my meat puppet.”
“I would panhandle all day, buy⟳ myself a bottle of something alcoholic and hook up with a crack whore who could get⟳ me high and make⟳ my meat-puppet stand⟳ at attention.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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