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metasyntactic variable 

A metasyntactic variable is a word that is used by programmers in place of an object, number or idea under discussion.

The most common system of metasyntactic variables is: foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, quuux...
if (foo > bar)
baz += qux

else
baz += quux
Related Words

metacynic 

One who is cynical about cynicism.
Person 1: "He's trying so hard to be 'above' modern society, it's ridiculous. He thinks society is so enraptured with its own self that it is losing its identity - but the guy should seriously just get over himself."
Person 2: "Dude, you're such a metacynic."
metacynic by Madjoy April 8, 2006

metasong 

A song about a song, or about how the song is going to rock you, or about what a bitch it is being in a band and going on world tours,
I fucking hate metasongs. Don't fucking tell me you're going to rock me, asshole, just go ahead and rock me without all the self-centered drama.
To browse foreign board's in search for stealable rapping concept's for futere rewording for using followup
''Hey, i used that shit like a million time's before, thanks for metasining it, asshole.
metasin by Anonymous March 6, 2003

MetaSong 

A MetaSong is a musical time capsule, weaving a few second selections from the best songs into a brand new song. Becomes dominant in the 2030s. Perfect for ADD people.
Weaving together old and new songs, the MetaSong combined the best cuts from the best songs into a brand new musical score, with the perfect flow for a Hollywood soundtrack, seduction and/or persuasion.
MetaSong by MetaSong November 3, 2022

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026