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What's the history of the "meh" key?
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I'm seeing super, hyper, and meta on the Space-Cadet, but no meh.
Ah, sorry. I was answering about hyper.
The earliest reference to "meh key" I'm turning up on Kagi is from ErgoDox's Indiegogo in 2015.
They may have coined the term.
I am pretty confident you’re right about the origin. Ergodox wanted to add an additional macro key and needed a name for a less hyper Hyper key. Since then a couple other keyboard manufacturers adopted it. Much like its name, its history is also “meh”