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]
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