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Ben Halpern

I agree with the above point, If I'm running users.each do |u| in Ruby, I think that u is pretty communicative, even if it's shorthand.

But I'd personally avoid var1 or meaningless x, y, z, even if it's just your own thing. That one second to come up with a somewhat meaningful variable still seems useful even for your own train of thought.