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blurgle |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: blurgle /bler'gl/ n. [UK] 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 tripled. "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. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: blurgle /bler'gl/ [Great Britain] 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}. [{Jargon File}]
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