Ben Zimmer on the word "meta": "Michael Grunwald, writing for The Boston Globe in 1993, [saw a] trend toward meta-entertainment. ... Of course, it wasn’t as meta as a Globe column about meta citing a Globe column about meta." [Boston Globe via Maria Popova]

  • James Gilbreath

    I witnessed the librarian shushing other librarians at the Alabama conference. It was, indeed, pretty meta.

    • http://twitter.com/smknghrtdesigns SmokingHeartDesigns

       Yes, but can she shush herself?  Can the other librarians shush librarians?

  • http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch

    Meta is so nineties – I can’t believe it’s still such a thing.

    • t3kna2007

      In 2012, being a thing is a thing.

  • TaymonBeal

    He forgot to mention Douglas Hofstadter. I’m pretty sure Gödel, Escher, Bach was the major driver of the current cultural meaning of the word “meta”.

  • miasm

    this form of meta notion implies an implied notion of meta formulation.

  • Paul Renault

    Interesting.  I just came from another blog that was discussing this article…