Eggcorn?

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jul 4 02:56:32 UTC 2006


one big _meet_ market, where any given guy was equally likely to pair
up with any given woman

Google yields ca.972,000 hits. But wasn't the term originally "_meat_
market," metaphorically extended?

-Wilson Gray

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