Blurgle

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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


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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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}]