meat puppet
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Meaning · English
A newsreader, especially one who is not a reporter.
Register: derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
I played what Penn likes to refer to as “the meat puppet.” It’s a term he picked up from television cameramen, who invented it as a description of some of the beautiful but vacant people who recite the local news.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “meat puppet” mean?
A newsreader, especially one who is not a reporter.
Is “meat puppet” formal or informal?
meat puppet is generally derogatory, slang.