![]() ![]() 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. there are also books about writing a book, plays about being in a play, movies about making movies, and so on.when a character in a TV show says to another character "this isn't a movie, this is real life" it's a little meta too, because of course it isn't real life, and by saying this, talking about their situation, they've brought up their own fictionality to you.They're arguing about arguing now, not about Christmas plans. when a married couple is arguing about a decision (where to spend Christmas, let's say) and one of them says "you always interrupt me" or "don't yell" the argument has turned meta.It's about the meeting, rather than being about the topic the meeting is supposed to be about. in a meeting, time spent discussing the meeting itself - how long it will last, who will talk first, whether everyone can see the screen - is meta.(Strictly speaking, you can be meta by being about the thing's own category, rather than this specific individual thing, but the key is "about".) If you substitute the word "about" where you see meta in a sentence longer than "it's meta", you will get close to the meaning, even though the sentence you make won't necessarily be grammatically correct. ![]() Something is meta (and self referential) if it is about itself. ![]()
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