:blurgle: /bler'gl/ [Great Britain] n. Spoken {metasyntactic
variable}, to indicate some text that is obvious from context, or
which is already known. If several words are to be replaced,
blurgle may well be doubled or trebled. "To look for something in
several files use `grep string blurgle blurgle'." In each case,
"blurgle blurgle" would be understood to be replaced by the file
you wished to search. Compare {mumble}, sense 7.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
variable}, to indicate some text that is obvious from context, or
which is already known. If several words are to be replaced,
blurgle may well be doubled or trebled. "To look for something in
several files use `grep string blurgle blurgle'." In each case,
"blurgle blurgle" would be understood to be replaced by the file
you wished to search. Compare {mumble}, sense 7.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- blurgle /bler'gl/ n.
[UK] Spoken metasyntactic variable,
to indicate some text that is obvious from c which... - mumble interj.
1. Said when the correct response is too
complicated to enunciate,
or the speaker has not thought it out. Often prefaces... - grep: /grep/ [from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p ,
where re stands for a regular expression, to Globally... - Commonwealth Hackish n.
Hacker jargon as spoken in
English outside the U.S.
esp. in the British Commonwealth. It is reported... - metasyntactic variable n.
A name used in examples and
understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion,
or any random member of a class of things under... - grep /grep/ vi.
[from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p,
where re stands for a regular expression, to Globally... - eyeball search: n.,v. To look for something in a mass of code or data
with one's own native optical sensors,
as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching... - barf: /barf/ [from mainstream slang meaning `vomit']
1.
interj. Term of disgust. This is the closest hackish... - foobar: n. Another common {metasyntactic variable};
see {foo}. Hackers do *not* generally use this to...
From the same category:
- The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous,
the sensible man hardly anything. --... - Oh, love is real enough, you will find it some day,
but it has one arch-enemy -- and that is life. -... - Bless My Good
Intentions ..... - It's hard to argue that God hated Oklahoma.
If He didn't,
why is it so close to Texas... - There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely reasoning and experience.
Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the...
