在臺灣，消波塊因形似肉粽，在台語被稱為「肉粽角」。而做為流行語，消波塊被戲稱為「中部粽」（與北部蒸粽與南部水煮粽對應），意指「不要去招惹不該惹的人，不然會被抓去做成消波塊」，跟日本昭和時代的都市傳說「若是招惹黑道，腳底會被灌入水泥後被丟進東京灣餵魚」類似。此種戲稱，係源自網路論壇上關於在臺中海線具有勢力、曾任立法委員的都市傳說：臺中A角頭曾打傷B角頭的二兒子，後來這位角頭人間蒸發，被發現時已成消波塊。此戲稱被臺灣網友運用的同時，也揶揄B角頭有著黑道背景。接續家族香火當選立法委員的B角頭長子，透過媒體知悉此事後，原本不能接受，但後來發現這是自己與年輕人的共同語言，還逆向操作推出相關創意產品。

另因消波塊總是位於最近海岸線的位置排列，又被臺灣網友們戲稱若被封入消波塊棄屍，則如同住到「海景第一排」。該詞原為房地產廣告常用廣告詞。衍生用法還有「聽 海哭的聲音」，該句原為歌手張惠妹名曲《聽海》的歌詞。

In Taiwan, the wave-reducing block is called "meat dumpling corner" in Taiwanese because it looks like a meat dumpling. As a popular slang, Xiaobo is nicknamed "Central Zongzi" (corresponding to northern steamed rice dumplings and southern boiled rice dumplings), which means "Don't provoke people you shouldn't provoke, otherwise you will be caught and made into Xiaobo." "Block" is similar to the urban legend from Japan's Showa era that "if you provoke the underworld, the soles of your feet will be filled with cement and thrown into Tokyo Bay to feed the fish." This kind of joking name originated from the urban legend on the Internet forum about a powerful person in Taichung who was a legislator: Taichung Ajiaotou once injured the second son of Bjiaotou. Later, the angler disappeared from the world and was killed. When discovered, it had become a wave-absorbing block. While this joke was used by Taiwanese netizens, it also made fun of B Jiaotou's underworld background. The eldest son B Jiaotou, who continued the family tradition and was elected as a legislator, initially couldn't accept it after learning about it through the media. However, he later discovered that this was a common language between himself and young people, and he also worked in reverse to launch related creative products.

In addition, because the wave-absorbing blocks are always arranged close to the coastline, Taiwanese netizens jokingly said that if a body is enclosed in a wave-absorbing block and abandoned, it will be like living in the "first row with a sea view." The word was originally a commonly used advertising slogan in real estate advertisements. Derived usages include "Listen to the sound of the sea crying", which was originally the lyrics of the famous song "Listen to the Sea" by singer Zhang Huimei.