Meta

Abbreviation of Most Effective Tactic Available. Mostly used when comparing tactics in a game, but can be used in other things as well. It can change over time as new tactics are explored or can change by a change in the rules of a game or availability of new resources. In real life changes to gamerules are usually to make the game more interesting (soccer rules change for offside, usage of time compensation in some courses). In computer games this is done by patching to balance the game or fix bugs.

Player: That new patch changed the meta so much, I really enjoy the game more now!

by ChelseaStaub November 15, 2015

metafag

Someone who blindly follows the so called metagame, or short: meta of an online multiplayer game. Metafags are the whiny types who complain that you take or use a currently unpopular weapon / strategy or character. The annoying thing about this attitude is, that the meta is being developed by high level professional players, and is thus not as significant for casual players who play the game recreationally and just want to have fun and play the game like they please.

While playing overwatch:

Player1: I will play Soldier.
Player2: No! You musst pick McCree Soldier is not in the current meta!
Player1: Dude, don't be a metafag!

by Kampfzwiebal December 30, 2016

meta-celebrity

Someone famous for being famous (or infamous), particularly in the entertainment industry. A meta-celebrity is a well known celebrity, who has not done anything particularly noteworthy to justify their Fame. The late Anna Nicole Smith and Paris Hilton are two contemporary examples. Meta-celebrities do not always orginate in the entertainment industry, but they nearly always gravitate to it, often as a last ditch effort to extend their "fifteen minutes" as their profile starts to wane.

See also Professional Celebrity, Famious for being famous.

The late Anna Nicole Smith was a classic meta-celebrity

by Eugene206 February 14, 2007

Meta-Hip

Beyond hip. The next phase in the History of Cool (time for John Leland to add a chapter to his book) Non-mainstream culture (and it's trends) will be heading to a more organic, fluid phase. Culture is taking a swing away from the the image conscious, cooler-than-thou attitude of the Hipster sect, moving into a cycle where simplicity, inner pursuits and brightness are the nexus.

Culture runs in cycles and the next phase will feature a meta-hip attitude.

by avant/chi fan February 25, 2009

meta editor

"Meta editor" describes an anime editor that literally only follows the meta. The meta while creating this post would be some shit like Demon Slayer, Naruto and Jujutsu Kaisen.
Just editing one of the meta anime doesn't make you instantly a meta editor. To be a meta editor you have to only do basic shit and repeat the same shit so your edit looks 1:1 the same as every other meta edit.
The edits where everyone literally simps for a demon anime prostitute are a good example because there's literally no difference in any of the edits.
Oh and if you're a meta editor then kyoshia will haunt you and appear in your room during your sleep paralysis.

Become a meta editor today by editing demon tiddies with the same transitions, etc like everyone else!

by dylannsimp123 January 15, 2022

Metabitching

Bitching about other people bitching.

Did you hear how Mike wrote that article about how stupid people are that are complaining about how bad TV is? That was one great metabitching article.

by Mike Flynn September 22, 2004

meta fog

when something is so self-referential (i.e., meta), that it looses all meaning because it is too confusing to follow. A good example is the movie Inception.

"Dude, so how about I am making a movie about how I am producing a film about how went to the theater to watch a movie about a group of people making a movie about the film industry?"

"I'm lost in a meta fog, bro. I think you need to simplify."

by Col. Hans Landa March 21, 2012