worm food

== English == === Alternative forms === food for worms, worm-food, worm's food, wormfood === Pronunciation === === Noun === worm food (uncountable) (idiomatic, often darkly humorous, dysphemistic) One or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains. 1830, J. Y. A. "The Powder Plot," The Olio Vol. 4, p. 246 (Google preview): "Say, have ye a drug that will make worm's food of your enemy in an hour?" ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes used in contexts representing the point of view that there is no afterlife or spiritual component to human nature. ==== Synonyms ==== dog meat See Thesaurus:corpse See Thesaurus:dead === Further reading === “worm food”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.