Meat proxy
Slang for a person who passes AI output along to someone else without reading, checking, or understanding it, acting as a relay between a chatbot and a colleague. Popularized by a software engineer's blog post in August 2026.
“I asked him a question and got four paragraphs of ChatGPT back. Total meat proxy.”
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Part of the Extended list
Meat proxy is on the Extended list: builder jargon, industry terms, and newer slang for when you want to go further. It entered common use around 2026.