Etymology

mystery meat navigation

Today it means: A system of navigation on a website in which the user cannot immediately determine the target of any hyperlink but has to interact with it in some way (such as hovering with the mouse). Full definition →

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The story

Reportedly coined in 1998 by Web designer Vincent Flanders.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.