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by still_grokking 1239 days ago
> is not a term in common use

That's the fun thing about it. But in some circles everybody knows this term. ;-) (You can see it as an "in joke", if you like).

> Python does allow storing types as values in variables.

Python does not have "types" in the CS sense (besides the one all mighty uni-type, of course).

All you can store in variables in Python are values. (Before arguing further please look up type theory first, so we can avoid going in circles).