fleshmeet

English

Etymology

flesh +‎ meet

Noun

fleshmeet (plural fleshmeets)

1. (informal) An in-person meeting, particularly between people whose regular communication is exclusively or primarily online.
   • 2001 October 4, Amy Harmon, “In an Online Colloquy, an Absent Voice”, in The New York Times:

     With 40 or so active participants scattered across at least a dozen states and three continents, and many more lurkers, members have organized two official group "fleshmeets," and several members have attended the opera together in various cities.