Fixes #3024 and adjusts regex

Author: JJ

doc/Language/packages.pod6

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ MyType::<$foo>
 =head2 Class member lookup
 
 Methods—including auto-generated methods, such as public attributes'
-accessors—are stored in the class meta object and can be looked up through by
+accessors—are stored in the class metaobject and can be looked up through by
 the L<lookup|/routine/lookup> method.
 
 =for code

doc/Language/performance.pod6

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ L<NativeCall|/language/nativecall> makes it easy to create wrappers for them. Th
 experimental support for C++ libraries, too.
 
 If you want to L<use Perl 5 modules in Perl 6|https://stackoverflow.com/a/27206428/1077672>,
-mix in Perl 6 types and the L<Meta-Object Protocol|/language/mop>.
+mix in Perl 6 types and the L<Metaobject Protocol|/language/mop>.
 
 More generally, Perl 6 is designed to smoothly interoperate with other languages and
 there are a number of L<modules aimed at facilitating the use of libs from other langs|https://modules.perl6.org/#q=inline>.

doc/Language/pod.pod6

@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ Z<Eventually copy everything from tables.pod6 and put it here>
 
 Pod6 comments are comments that Pod6 renderers ignore.
 
-Comments are useful for meta-documentation (documenting the documentation).
+Comments are useful for I<meta>documentation (documenting the documentation).
 Single-line comments use the C<=comment> marker:
 
 =begin code :lang<pod6>
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ multi-line.
 =head2 Semantic blocks
 
 All uppercase block typenames are reserved for specifying standard
-documentation, publishing, source components, or meta-information.
+documentation, publishing, source components, or metainformation.
 
 =begin code :lang<pod6>
 =NAME

doc/Language/quoting.pod6

@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ some multi line
 Heredocs include the newline from before the terminator.
 
 To allow interpolation of variables use the C<qq> form, but you will then have
-to escape meta characters C<{\> as well as C<$> if it is not the sigil for a
+to escape metacharacters C<{\> as well as C<$> if it is not the sigil for a
 defined variable. For example:
 
   my $f = 'db.7.3.8';

doc/Language/rb-nutshell.pod6

@@ -1012,10 +1012,10 @@ An important note is that in Ruby child objects can see parent private methods
 (so they are more like "protected" methods in other languages). In Perl 6 child
 objects cannot call parent private methods.
 
-=head2 Going meta
+=head2 Going I<meta>
 
-Here are a few examples of meta-programming. Note that Perl 6 separates the
-meta-methods from the regular methods with a caret.
+Here are a few examples of metaprogramming. Note that Perl 6 separates the
+metamethods from the regular methods with a caret.
 
 =for code :lang<ruby>
 # Ruby
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ class Person {};
 ...
 my $person = Person.new;
 $person.^name;             # Perl 6, returns Person (class)
-$person.^methods;          # Perl 6, using .^ syntax to access meta-methods
+$person.^methods;          # Perl 6, using .^ syntax to access metamethods
 $person.^attributes;
 
 
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ to use.
 &[+](5, 3)       # => 8, Perl 6, reference to infix addition operator
 &[+].^candidates # Perl 6, lists all signatures for the + operator
 
-See L<Meta-Object Protocol|/language/mop> for lots of further details.
+See L<Metaobject Protocol|/language/mop> for lots of further details.
 
 =head1 Environment variables
 

doc/Language/structures.pod6

@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ the name of the methods that match, certifies that we can use it.
 
 See also L<this article on class introspection|https://perl6advent.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/day-19-introspection/>
 on how to access class properties and methods, and use it to generate test data
-for a class; this L<Advent Calendar article describes the meta-object protocol|https://perl6advent.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/day-22-the-meta-object-protocol/>
+for a class; this L<Advent Calendar article describes the metaobject protocol|https://perl6advent.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/day-22-the-meta-object-protocol/>
 extensively.
 
 

xt/word-variants.t

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ my %variants = %( filehandle => 'file [\s+|\-] handle',
                   smartmatch => 'smart  [\s+|\-] match',
                   zero-width => 'zero \s+ width<!before \' joiner\'><!before \' no-break space\'>',
                   NYI        => 'niy',
-                  meta      => '<!after [ method || \$ ] \s*> meta [\s+|\-] <<',
+                  meta      => '<!after [ method || \$ || \-] \s*> meta
+[\s+|\-]
+<<',
                   precompil => 'pre \- compil',
                   semicolon => 'semi [\s+|\-] colon',
                   metadata  => 'meta [\s+|\+] data',