![]() ![]() In short, when a young person says “meta”, they mean “awesome”. Check it with your kid and many other kids. As desirable as it is to think that our kids and teenagers are using “self-referential” terms, I really believe that this is actually your right answer. However, as it became more and more commonly used, it moved from the gaming community to young people generally, and it is sometimes now used instead of “awesome” or “uber”. Meta, for kids and teenagers, and even for adults involved in the gaming scene (video and computer games), is an acronym for “Most Effective Tactic Available”, and the term started in games and the gaming scene to refer to the best things, tactics, skills, or characters to use to win the game. However, as games started to become more and more actually balanced, and the gaming community also realized that they are as balanced as possible, the terms OP and broken weren't that accepted anymore. OP, and even the word “broken”, originally referred to game skills/spells, game characters/heroes, which the gaming community believed to be incorrectly programmed (“broken”) in a way that made them overpowered, or so good that they imbalanced the game. “uber”, which is perhaps an outdated synonym, or even “OP”, which is short for overpowered. With all due respect to the previously accepted sophisticated answer, which is correct as far as the original English language is concerned but incorrect as the answer to this specific question, I strongly believe that the average 10-years-old has absolutely no idea what any of that is, in the answer, and is using the word in an evolved manner that has nothing to do with the original English language.Ī 10-year-old, and even teenagers nowadays, most commonly use the word “meta” to describe something that's awesome or. ![]() But this is how it’s used in current internet slang, and the way a 10-year-old is using it will probably be reasonably closely derived from that.) (I can’t speak for 10-year-olds I’m a bit out of touch with current playground slang. Similarly, is a Q&A site for discussing English is a Q&A site for discussing a Q&A site for discussing English. ![]() It isn’t a joke about national stereotypes it’s a joke about jokes. The humour comes from the barman recognising that he’s in a situation typical of jokes. The barman says “Is this some kind of joke?” These are simple jokes: jokes about certain national stereotypes.Īn Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bar. There are lots of old jokes that begin:Īn Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bar…Īnd go on to tell some story where the three people each do something (order a sandwich, perhaps) and behave in stereotyped ways (the Englishman snobbish, the Scot stingy, the Irishman stupid). It’s probably better illustrated by a couple of examples. The current colloquial use of meta is a bit hard to pin down with a definition - it doesn’t entirely fit the concept of self-reference. Some of them love the self-referential thrill of meta (my youngest once used the new label maker we bought to make a label that said label maker and stuck it onto the label maker with delight), but most don't and think it's something to be avoided. In my experience, Kids These Days call things meta if they are truly meta (arguing about the argument), or off topic, or just not what they wanted to talk about. In fact, the name of should make sense now - it's for questions and answers about questions and answers :-) Meta doesn't just apply to a conversation, a meeting, or an argument.
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