Fish

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fish
Usage: n.
Derivation: Adelaide University, Australia

See Also: foo


fish: n.

[Adelaide University, Australia]

  1. Another metasyntactic variable. See foo. Derived originally from the Monty Python skit in the middle of The Meaning of Life entitled Find the Fish.
  2. A pun for microfiche. A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to as a fish tank.
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Sources

Source: fish, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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