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METALANGUAGE
metalanguage
(noun) a language that can be used to describe languages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
metalanguage (countable and uncountable, plural metalanguages)
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.
(computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language.
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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