Blurgle: /bler'gl/ [Great Britain] N. Spoken {metasyntactic Variable}, To Indicate Some Text That Is Obvious From Context, Or Which Is Already Known.

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: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

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