/kwuhks/ The fourth of the staNdard metasyNtactic variable, after baz aNd before the quu(u...)x series. See foo, bar, baz, quux. This appears to be a receNt mutatioN from quux, aNd maNy versioNs (especially older versioNs) of the staNdard series just ruNfoo, bar, baz, quux, ...