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The phrase "going meta" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe when someone or something becomes self-referential or self-aware, often breaking the fourth wall. Example: After watching the movie, I found myself going meta and thinking about the director's subtle references to his own personal struggles throughout the plot.
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And as long as we are going meta here, The Reeler takes a stick to a piñata that looks an awful lot like the Bagger.
Perhaps the clash between interactivity and narrative which Ebert had identified could be resolved by going meta — by making the discordance somehow essential to the story.
Barry Silbert, the market's chief executive, is going meta on Tuesday by listing shares of SecondMarket on SecondMarket itself, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his DealBook column.
For instance, when I was ruminating on the origins of the adjective meta, Georgia helpfully pointed out that educators have been "going meta" (that is, "metacognitive") for quite a long time.
When it ended, with a media break-fast, I couldn't help my thoughts from going meta.
So far it's been remixed to explain everything from gender pay inequality to the importance of the Padme from Star Wars before ultimately going meta.
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To develop a prospective register of trials to facilitate on going meta-analysis.
Macau's postage stamps have just gone meta.
Indeed: it's a meta-novel, and it goes meta from the very first page.
JCVD DVD £19.56, Blu-Ray £24.45, Revolver Van Damme goes meta in this intriguing, semi-factual thriller.
Daddy Lessons The Beyoncé-doing-country song went meta when the Dixie Chicks covered it.
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