Wikipedia: History of Xyzzy

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xyzzy was originally a magic word found in the computer game Adventure by [Wil Crowther]? and [Don Woods]?. It has later been used as a metasyntactic variable by hackers.

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xyzzy was originally a magic word found in the computer game Adventure by [Will Crowther]? and [Don Woods]?. It has later been used as a metasyntactic variable by hackers.

	Revision 4 . . (edit) December 19, 2001 4:54 pm by (logged).28.191.xxx *[Corrected spelling of Will Crowther's name]**
	Revision 3 . . September 26, 2001 6:54 pm by (logged).9.128.xxx [add spoiler warning.]
	Revision 2 . . (edit) September 26, 2001 4:52 pm by Pinkunicorn