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soylent

  • /ˈsɔɪlənt/

Where it comes from

Blend of soy + lentil, coined in Harry Harrison's 1966 Make Room! Make Room!

noun

  1. uncountable An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat. The soylent steaks were sitting like lead in his stomach and twice he had to go back to the dark and miserable toilet in the rear of the building.

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noun undesirable artificial foodstuff

Españolcomidilla
DeutschVeggiefleisch, Fleischersatz
Русскийсойлент sojlent

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"soylent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/soylent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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soylent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/soylent

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"soylent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/soylent.

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@misc{soylent_2026,
  title = {soylent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soylent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}