Meet market

A meet market (or meat market) is a location or activity in which people are viewed as commodities, or a business like a nightclub where people typically look for a casual sex partner.[1] The term is also used metaphorically, for example, to refer to the process of deciding which man to "buy" for a husband,[2] or for finding a man to date at the grocery market.[3]

In general, the term has evolved to mean a place or activity at which single people congregate,[4] and while formerly a pejorative has become neutral.[5][6]

  1. ^ Meat market, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., at Dictionary.com
  2. ^ Janice Lieberman and Bonnie Teller, How to Shop for a Husband: A Consumer Guide to Getting a Great Buy on a Guy, 2009, p. 82
  3. ^ Joy Browne, Dating for Dummies, 2nd ed., 2005, p. 76
  4. ^ Going it Alone, Newsweek, vol. 92, iss. 10-18
  5. ^ Richard W. Flory and Donald Earl Miller, GenX Religion, 2000, p. 209
  6. ^ Bob Sehlinger, Deke Castleman, and Muriel Stevens, The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2010, 2009, p. 265