The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
blurgle
/bler'gl/, n.
[UK] Spoken metasyntactic variable, to indicate some text that is obvious
from context, or which is already known. If several words are to be
replaced, blurgle may well be doubled or tripled. ?To look for something in
several files use ?grep string blurgle blurgle?.? In each case, ?blurgle
blurgle? would be understood to be replaced by the file you wished to
search. Compare mumble, sense 7.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
blurgle
/bler'gl/ [Great Britain] Spoken metasyntactic variable, to
indicate some text that is obvious from context, or which is
already known. If several words are to be replaced, blurgle
may well be doubled or trebled. "To look for something in
several files use "grep string blurgle blurgle"." In each
case, "blurgle blurgle" would be understood to be replaced by
the file you wished to search. Compare mumble.
[Jargon File]