Back in 2023, we talked about a strange trademark dispute out of the UK concerning oat-based milk products. Specifically, Oatly, a large producer of oat milk, applied for a trademark in the UK for …
And “meat” just meant “food” a long time ago. Think about how you refer to cracking a nut to get to the “meat” or how the inside edible part of a fruit is referred to as “meat” or “flesh”.
I get where you’re coming from but I think at least in English it’s been almost a thousand years of being flexible with the term “milk”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk
And “meat” just meant “food” a long time ago. Think about how you refer to cracking a nut to get to the “meat” or how the inside edible part of a fruit is referred to as “meat” or “flesh”.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweetmeat
And I get where you’re coming from. (: But I have never heard ‘sweetmeat’ as anything but a pickup line.
Your ignorance doesn’t change historical fact.