English

Noun
metasyntactic variable

1. A conventional variable name used for an unspecified entity whose exact nature depends on context.

#: Use metasyntactic variables like foo and bar when you need a name but the particular name doesn't matter.

See also
foo
bar
baz
foobar
fred
w:Metasyntactic variable|Wikipedia article on Metasyntactic variables

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