Metacrap
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Metatheory, metanalysis, and other meta disciplines. derogatory, uncountable
"In art, as in language, “cutting out the metacrap” means to get at the “core” meaning beneath the “superficial form” of a work; what it seems to be is different from what it means."
- 2 Low-quality or unreliable metadata. Internet, derogatory, uncountable
"People who refer to the metacrap argument are generally advocating “letting the software sort it out” instead of asking people to explicitly tag everything before making any contribution."
Example
More examples"In art, as in language, “cutting out the metacrap” means to get at the “core” meaning beneath the “superficial form” of a work; what it seems to be is different from what it means."
Etymology
From meta- + crap. The "metadata" sense was coined by Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in 2001.
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