meatspace

Definition

The physical world, as opposed to the virtual world of the Internet.

Etymology

From meat + space, by analogy with cyberspace. Compare in the flesh.

Example Sentences

• "In this short manifesto, Barlow erects an 'electronic frontier' between the legislature, marketsand social mores of what he terms elsewhere 'Meatspace' and the radical otherness of cyberspace."
• "The HBO sci-fi blockbuster Westworld has been an inspiring look into what humanlike robots can do for us in the meatspace."