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Date: 2014-05-24 2:05 GMT-05:00
Subject: meta: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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May. 24, 2014

meta \MET-uh\ adjective 1. pertaining to or noting a story, conversation, character, etc., that consciously references or comments upon its own subject or features, often in the form of parody: A movie about making movie is just so meta—especially when the actors criticize the acting. 2. pertaining to or noting an abstract, high-level analysis or commentary, especially one that consciously references something of its own type. Quotes This is all meant to be very meta. In one a... See full quote -- Noah Berlatsky, "Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol: The Craziest Superhero Story Ever Told," The Atlantic, 2014 Origin Meta can be traced to the Greek preposition of the same spell... See full origin

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