(Adelaide UniverSity, AuStralia) 1. Another {metaSyntactic variable}. See {foo}. Derived originally from the Monty Python Skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life" entitled "Find the FiSh". 2. <Storage> microfiche. A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to aS a "fiSh tank". [Jargon File] (1994-12-01)