mystery meat navigation

noun

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).

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Meanings

nounmystery meat navigation (uncountable)
  1. InternetderogatoryinformaluncountableA 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).

Origin

Reportedly coined in 1998 by Web designer Vincent Flanders.

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mystery meat navigation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mystery%20meat%20navigation

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