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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>blurgle</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="blue-wire.html" title="blue wire"/><link rel="next" href="BNF.html" title="BNF"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">blurgle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="blue-wire.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BNF.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="blurgle"/><dt xmlns="" id="blurgle"><b>blurgle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/bler´gl/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [UK] Spoken <a href="../M/metasyntactic-variable.html"><i class="glossterm">metasyntactic variable</i></a>, 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. &#8220;<span class="quote">To look for something in several files use &#8216;grep
string blurgle blurgle&#8217;.</span>&#8221; In each case, &#8220;<span class="quote">blurgle
blurgle</span>&#8221; would be understood to be replaced by the file you wished
to search. Compare <a href="../M/mumble.html"><i class="glossterm">mumble</i></a>, sense 7.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="blue-wire.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BNF.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">blue wire </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BNF</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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