Egoism strictly defined is the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest. It’s a kind of selfishness and it’s opposite is altruism.
Metaegoism takes this a step further and finds a way to enshrine one’s egoism thus formalizing it. A good example of this would be to get your Urban Dictionary contributor’s name as an Urban Dictionary entry.
Jus sayin’.
In an act of total metaegoism, Mindhunter the Profiler added his Urban Dictionary contributor’s name to the Urban Dictionary. That’s some meta fo’ yo’ ass!!!!!
1. Meta means about the thing itself. It's seeing the thing from a higher perspective instead of from within the thing, like being self-aware.
2. A term used in mmo meaning the Most Effective Tactic Available. It's basically what works in a game regardless of what you wish would work.
1. There's a lot of bad examples here, so I'll fix those.
Making a movie about the film industry isn't meta. Making a movie about making movies is.
Using a footnote to explain another footnote isn't meta. Using a footnote to explain what footnotes are is meta.
Metaphysics, probably the most common use of meta, means that instead of talking about the physics of the real world, you're talking about the physics itself (for example, why should there even be gravity).
2. Ninja in FFXI wasn't meant to be a tank, but it ended up being one in the meta because it's evasion was so high.
When you fail at something in life (eg. failing an exam or not getting a job), go home and spend an hour just standing in the shower, propping yourself up against the wall with your eyes on your feet.
Caleb knew the only thing to do after he didnt get prefect was take a failureshower.
And dying in yo' bed many years from now, would ya be willing ta trade all da days from dis here day ta dat fo' one chance, just one chance, ta come back here as young men an' tell our enemies dat dey may take our lives but dey will never take our freedom ... YUB NUB!