Victor Sack wrote:
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> Victor Sack wrote:
>>>
>>> Besides, using terms such as "sausage" or "hamburger" for things that
>>> are neither sausage nor hamburger only shows one's limited vocabulary,
>>> laziness, or a lack of respect to one's own language - and maybe leads
>>> to general moral turpitude. Ha!
>>
>> So what should we say? Uncased sausage meat?
>> Sausage meat precursor? Ground meat with sausage
>> seasoning? Any of those terms would be more awkward
>> than the handy term "bulk sausage".
>
> You did not even read the post to which you are replying - and not any
> of the preceding ones, either. Had you done so, you might have found an
> answer to your question. The word is "forcemeat", much in use since the
> 17th century.
>
Some posters don't seem to realize that semantic nonsense can become
everyday language.
Slogans come to mind, like "Fight For Peace !". Well, fighting for
peace is like ****ing for virginity, but it's standard usage.
I predict that soon someone will market a product named
"BUSIC" - "BUlk Sausage In Casings" ;-)

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner