vaguevariablename
nounUK /veɪɡ ˈveəriəbl neɪm/
US /veɪɡ ˈveriəbl neɪm/
A name for a thing in a computer program that does not tell you what the thing is.
The teacher said 'vaguevariablename' is a bad choice because nobody knows what it holds.
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2. A placeholder name used when someone forgets the real name of a variable.
He wrote vaguevariablename in his notes until he could look up the real one.
3. A joke term for a variable whose purpose is impossible to guess from its name.
Reviewers laughed at vaguevariablename in the pull request.
4. A deliberately hidden or obfuscated variable name in a puzzle or game.
The code challenge asked players to find what vaguevariablename stored.