Metrosocial 

only sociable with close friends.Only wanting the company of core friends.

Ylm is only comfortable around his close friends , he is metrosocial

Metrosocial by YLM47 September 2, 2023

Metroracial

When a person has stopped using adverbs to describe people, such as white guy, Latino guy, black guy, etc. but refers to all people as I met this person. Not I met this black guy, girl, person.

In an effort to contribute to equality for all I have adopted a metroracial philosophy.

Metroracial by Winterparkbob October 20, 2016

metrosocialist 

Noun. A term created by a weblogger idiotvillager.com that means "a young, urbane person who advocates or practices forms of socialism in vanity". Derived from the word metrosexual.

Look at that metrosocialist over there reading Adbusters.

metrosocialist by Nick April 13, 2004

Microsocial 

A person who would likely be considered antisocial in a large social system, but is very social in a small group or social unit.

I thought Kyle was antisocial, but is he the life of the lunch table or what? I guess he is just microsocial.

Microsocial by Brent J. Grim March 31, 2021

Metasocial Technologies

The tools and platforms designed to analyze, manipulate, or optimize not just social interaction, but the analysis of social interaction itself. This includes sentiment analysis algorithms that track how people feel about how other people feel, social media dashboards that measure the engagement of posts about engagement metrics, and focus groups convened to discuss the results of other focus groups. It's technology that has eaten its own tail and is now trying to figure out what the tail tastes like.

Metasocial Technologies Example: "The marketing team used metasocial technologies to analyze the online discourse about their previous ad campaign, which was itself an analysis of consumer trends. They concluded that the public's perception of their brand's perception-management strategy was 'confused.' They then held a meeting to discuss the implications of this finding."

Metasocial Technologies by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Metasocial Engineering

The practice of attempting to design and shape the underlying frameworks that govern social analysis and discourse. It's not about changing what people think; it's about changing how they think about thinking. This includes designing academic curricula to privilege certain critical theories, creating social media algorithms that reward specific types of meta-commentary, and structuring public debates to ensure that the conversation stays focused on the "real issues" (as defined by the engineer). It's a subtle, often invisible form of power, and its practitioners are usually found in university admin buildings and think tanks.

Example: "By carefully structuring the conference panels to feature only speakers who agreed on the proper methodology for studying online communities, the organizers engaged in a bit of metasocial engineering. They weren't controlling the conversation; they were controlling the definition of what counted as a valid conversation."

Metasocial Engineering by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Metasocial Sociology

The specific analysis of group dynamics within the community of people who study group dynamics. It's the study of cliques among sociologists, the unspoken hierarchy between quantitative and qualitative researchers, and the peculiar tribal behavior exhibited at academic conferences when the free coffee runs out. Metasocial sociology notes that the very people who study in-group/out-group dynamics are themselves part of the most exclusionary in-group of all: people with PhDs who study in-group/out-group dynamics.

Metasocial Sociology Example: "At the sociology department holiday party, a metasocial sociologist couldn't help but observe the seating arrangements. The symbolic interactionists were huddled together near the snacks, the Marxists were arguing in a corner about who should pay for the snacks, and the functionalists were explaining why the snacks' placement was essential for the party's overall stability."

Metasocial Sociology by Abzugal February 14, 2026