what does it mean to be “meta” about something?

Question

The title. I never understood that expression… can someone help?

Edit: auto correct on ‘someone’

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Answer 1

Lots of helpful comments here, I want to add another use of the word ‘meta’ as it’s used in philosophy.
Meta essentially means thinking about x. The field of ‘metaphysics’ is philosophy about the nature of physical things. ‘Metaethics’ is philosophy about the nature of ethics (i.e. instead of asking “is x action moral or immoral” (which is ethics) we ask questions about the property of morality itself)