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Message: [QUOTE="ruby-talk, post: 4584838"] Meta is a prefix of Greek origin[1]. The Latin would be ``post'', which leads me to two thoughts. * A ruby metaclass really is like a postclass, which is pretty neat. * We're overusing prefixes like meta when so many options exist, such as postclass, or what about panclass, hypoclass, or epiclass[2]? I know, there's eigenclass, but does that really clarify it for anyone? Metaclass is already embedded in the culture, but I nonetheless find this to be a useful way to reason about the concept and how it fits into the language. [1] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta[/URL] [2] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_prefixes[/URL] [/QUOTE]