English Explanatory Dictionary

xyzzy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Used as a placeholder word or metasyntactic variable.

Pronunciation

zĭz'i /ˈzɪzi/ en-uk-xyzzy.ogg

Word forms

xyzzy

Etymology

From the seminal text adventure game Adventure (c.1975), where it served as a "magic word"; possibly originated as a mnemonic for the subscripts of the cross product in mathematics.

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