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metacynic

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."
by Madjoy April 8, 2006
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Metacronym

A metacronym is a meta-acronym- An acronym which includes itself. Synonymous with recursive parsonym. Comes from the Greek prefix 'meta,' meaning self. Common naming convention for open-source software.
Alpha: "I need to run Windows programs on my Linux machine so I used an emulator called WINE."
Beta: "No! WINE is metacronym for 'Wine is not an emulator'!"
Delta: "Don't you mean 'WINE is not an emulator' is not an emulator?"
Gamma: "Don't you mean ''WINE is not an emulator' is not an emulator?' is not an emulator?"
Delta: "Don't you mean '''WINE is not an emulator' is not an emulator?'' is not an emulator?' is not an emulator?"
... ad infinitum
by adamwong246 October 12, 2010
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Metacogcrastinate

I had so many things to do, that in the end, all I did was metacogcrastinate.

Thinking about what to put on my list that I'll make tomorrow for stuff that I'll do next week!
by Raevyn79 March 22, 2012
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metagon

a polygon with sides in multiple dimensions.
advanced math problem: construct a six-dimensional metagon with all sides equal to the same length.
by kattl October 29, 2015
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Metacortex

The company Thomas A. Anderson (AKA NEO) worked for in the movie "The Matrix."
Neo worked at Metacortex before he became "The One."
by Conjalka October 2, 2006
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Metacognition

n. The ability to know what you do not know.
“Knowing is half the battle,” except with metacognition, you don’t know, so you have already lost half the battle – hopefully you can still win the war.

Hermione used metacognition so that she knew what to learn study.
by Barrackar May 10, 2010
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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.
by Obama the Idiot Messiah November 2, 2009
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