Definitions
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- noun Used as a
placeholder word ormetasyntactic variable .
Etymologies
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From the seminal text adventure game Adventure (c.1975), where it served as a "magic word"; possibly originated as a mnemonic for the subscripts of the cross product in mathematics.
Examples
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Yes | No | Report from xyzzy wrote 1 year 29 weeks ago
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October 1, 2008 at 8:44 am try sayin ‘xyzzy’ to get out. friscokitteh says:
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Load up Macworld and run a search for any term, like xyzzy.
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Macworld and run a search for any term, like xyzzy.
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I ... xyzzy: I got my copy of Myers's book yesterday as well, and ...
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I ... xyzzy: I got my copy of Myers's book yesterday as well, and ...
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In the pasted URL, replace your search word (xyzzy) with an asterisk (*).
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I ... xyzzy: I got my copy of Myers's book yesterday as well, and ...
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Load up Macworld and run a search for any term, like xyzzy.
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I ... xyzzy: I got my copy of Myers's book yesterday as well, and ...
alexz commented on the word xyzzy
I know this word from the infocom game Zork. c. 1980.
January 8, 2013