xyzzy
Used as a placeholder word or metasyntactic variableUsed as a placeholder word or metasyntactic variable.
/ˈzɪzi/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Used as a placeholder word or metasyntactic variable.
Origin
From the seminal text adventure game Adventure (c.1975), where it served as a "magic word"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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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable