Nov 17, 2011 · This is the sense in which my teenagers would use this term.” So let me resubmit the question on “meta” in simpler format. When your teenager boy says “It’s (or this is) meta,” …

Jan 11, 2011 · I could add more examples where meta- has still other meanings. So, when you have a Greek foreign word with meta- you have to get information about the meaning of meta-.

Aug 17, 2019 · Here's the definition of meta - pertaining to or noting a story, conversation, character, etc., that consciously references or comments upon its own subject or features, …

Sep 1, 2020 · "meta- a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “after,” “along with,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind,” and productive in English on the Greek model."; …

Jun 12, 2019 · Your example fits more into definition 2, while other meta examples are more self-aware and even "break the fourth wall" to comment on themselves. Examples of the use of …

A few examples of this construction are: She discovered so many spiders, of which she was most afraid. He answered all the listening and reading exercises, of which the test mostly consisted. …

Jun 29, 2024 · I did a lot of online research, but I what I found were examples of double entendres. There were examples that claimed to be triple entendres, but they had one primary …

Feb 28, 2013 · Just to throw a mild spanner/curiosity into the mix - what about if a chair was made from bits of wood, or when a sculpture is being made from nuts and bolts? The specific things …

Nov 13, 2011 · Dowd's description of something meta is only sort-of kind-of a-little-bit meta. It's more about someone writing what they have experience with. This word, "meta" is a vaguely …

Feb 14, 2011 · Basically, sardonic and sarcastic both stand for mocking gestures, but what is the difference in their contextual use? Are there any other words that represent a similar gesture?