Brackety

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or containing brackets (the typographical symbols). informal

    "Each of these brackety things is a placeholder for an argument that you need to type in."

Example

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"Each of these brackety things is a placeholder for an argument that you need to type in."

Etymology

From bracket + -y.

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