diff --git a/collections/bloom-filters/bloom-filters.factor b/collections/bloom-filters/bloom-filters.factor
index f3ff46a98d..8347a269f2 100644
--- a/collections/bloom-filters/bloom-filters.factor
+++ b/collections/bloom-filters/bloom-filters.factor
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: accessors arrays bit-arrays fry kernel kernel.private
 layouts locals math math.functions math.order math.private
-multiline sequences sequences.private typed ;
+sequences sequences.private typed ;
 FROM: math.ranges => [1,b] ;
 
 IN: bloom-filters
 
-/*
+![[
 
 TODO:
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ TODO:
   objects the filter is sized for?  The filter will continue to
   work, just not very well.
 
-*/
+]]
 
 TUPLE: bloom-filter
 { #hashes fixnum read-only }
diff --git a/core/multiline/multiline-docs.factor b/core/multiline/multiline-docs.factor
index 3c4a864eb6..7bff587931 100644
--- a/core/multiline/multiline-docs.factor
+++ b/core/multiline/multiline-docs.factor
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 USING: help.markup help.syntax strings ;
 in: multiline
 
-HELP: \ STRING:
-{ $syntax "STRING: name\nfoo\n;" }
-{ $description "Forms a multiline string literal, or 'here document' stored in the word called name. A semicolon is used to signify the end, and that semicolon must be on a line by itself, not preceeded or followed by any whitespace. The string will have newlines in between lines but not at the end, unless there is a blank line before the semicolon." } ;
-
 HELP: /*
 { $syntax "/* comment */" }
 { $description "Provides C-like comments that can span multiple lines. One caveat is that " { $snippet "/*" } " and " { $snippet "*/" } " are still tokens and must not appear in the comment text itself." }
@@ -40,7 +36,6 @@ HELP: parse-multiline-string
 ARTICLE: "multiline" "Multiline"
 "Multiline strings:"
 { $subsections
-    postpone\ STRING:
     postpone\ HEREDOC:
 }
 "Multiline comments:"
diff --git a/core/multiline/multiline-tests.factor b/core/multiline/multiline-tests.factor
index bfa67986f4..9c56d47999 100644
--- a/core/multiline/multiline-tests.factor
+++ b/core/multiline/multiline-tests.factor
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 USING: eval multiline sequences tools.test ;
 in: multiline.tests
 
-STRING: test-it
-foo
+CONSTANT: test-it [[ foo
 bar
-
-;
+]] ;
 
 { "foo\nbar\n" } [ test-it ] unit-test
 
diff --git a/core/multiline/multiline.factor b/core/multiline/multiline.factor
index 6130eee089..9f8141cbbb 100644
--- a/core/multiline/multiline.factor
+++ b/core/multiline/multiline.factor
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ ERROR: text-found-before-eol string ;
         (parse-here)
     ] "" make but-last ;
 
-SYNTAX: \ STRING:
-    scan-new-word
-    parse-here 1quotation
-    ( -- string ) define-inline ;
-
 PRIVATE<
 
 :: (scan-multiline-string) ( i end lexer -- j )
diff --git a/demos/bunny/cel-shaded/cel-shaded.factor b/demos/bunny/cel-shaded/cel-shaded.factor
index 9685377613..20b1e1e660 100644
--- a/demos/bunny/cel-shaded/cel-shaded.factor
+++ b/demos/bunny/cel-shaded/cel-shaded.factor
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ multiline opengl opengl.shaders opengl.capabilities opengl.gl
 sequences accessors combinators ;
 in: bunny.cel-shaded
 
-STRING: vertex-shader-source
+CONSTANT: vertex-shader-source [[
 varying vec3 position, normal, viewer;
 
 void
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ main()
     normal = gl_Normal;
     viewer = vec3(0, 0, 1) * gl_NormalMatrix;
 }
+]] ;
 
-;
-
-STRING: cel-shaded-fragment-shader-lib-source
+CONSTANT: cel-shaded-fragment-shader-lib-source [[
 varying vec3 position, normal, viewer;
 uniform vec3 light_direction;
 uniform vec4 color;
@@ -46,10 +45,9 @@ cel_light()
     float s = cel(pow(max(dot(-reflection, viewer), 0.0), shininess));
     return ad * color + vec4(vec3(s), 0);
 }
+]] ;
 
-;
-
-STRING: cel-shaded-fragment-shader-main-source
+CONSTANT: cel-shaded-fragment-shader-main-source [[
 vec4 cel_light();
 
 void
@@ -57,8 +55,7 @@ main()
 {
     gl_FragColor = cel_light();
 }
-
-;
+]] ;
 
 TUPLE: bunny-cel-shaded program ;
 
diff --git a/demos/bunny/outlined/outlined.factor b/demos/bunny/outlined/outlined.factor
index d3db7c3adc..f4cbef7670 100644
--- a/demos/bunny/outlined/outlined.factor
+++ b/demos/bunny/outlined/outlined.factor
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ macros locals ;
 FROM: opengl.demo-support => rect-vertices ;
 in: bunny.outlined
 
-STRING: outlined-pass1-fragment-shader-main-source
+CONSTANT: outlined-pass1-fragment-shader-main-source [[
 varying vec3 normal;
 vec4 cel_light();
 
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ main()
     gl_FragData[0] = cel_light();
     gl_FragData[1] = vec4(normal, 1);
 }
+]] ;
 
-;
-
-STRING: outlined-pass2-vertex-shader-source
+CONSTANT: outlined-pass2-vertex-shader-source [[
 varying vec2 coord;
 
 void
@@ -28,10 +27,9 @@ main()
     gl_Position = ftransform();
     coord = (gl_Vertex * vec4(0.5) + vec4(0.5)).xy;
 }
+]] ;
 
-;
-
-STRING: outlined-pass2-fragment-shader-source
+CONSTANT: outlined-pass2-fragment-shader-source [[
 uniform sampler2D colormap, normalmap, depthmap;
 uniform vec4 line_color;
 varying vec2 coord;
@@ -110,8 +108,7 @@ main()
 {
     gl_FragColor = mix(texture2D(colormap, coord), line_color, border_factor(coord));
 }
-
-;
+]] ;
 
 TUPLE: bunny-outlined
     gadget
diff --git a/demos/spheres/spheres.factor b/demos/spheres/spheres.factor
index 3d5b46b009..b7659026b2 100644
--- a/demos/spheres/spheres.factor
+++ b/demos/spheres/spheres.factor
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ generalizations combinators ui.gadgets.worlds
 literals ui.pixel-formats ;
 in: spheres
 
-STRING: plane-vertex-shader
+CONSTANT: plane-vertex-shader [[
 varying vec3 object_position;
 void
 main()
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ main()
     object_position = gl_Vertex.xyz;
     gl_Position = ftransform();
 }
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: plane-fragment-shader
+CONSTANT: plane-fragment-shader [[
 uniform float checker_size_inv;
 uniform vec4 checker_color_1, checker_color_2;
 varying vec3 object_position;
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ main()
         ? mix(checker_color_1, checker_color_2, distance_factor)
         : mix(checker_color_2, checker_color_1, distance_factor);
 }
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: sphere-vertex-shader
+CONSTANT: sphere-vertex-shader [[
 attribute vec3 center;
 attribute float radius;
 attribute vec4 surface_color;
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ main()
     vcolor = surface_color;
     vradius = radius;
 }
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: sphere-solid-color-fragment-shader
+CONSTANT: sphere-solid-color-fragment-shader [[
 uniform vec3 light_position;
 varying vec4 vcolor;
 
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ sphere_color(vec3 point, vec3 normal)
 
     return ambient * vcolor + diffuse * vec4(d * vcolor.rgb, vcolor.a);
 }
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: sphere-texture-fragment-shader
+CONSTANT: sphere-texture-fragment-shader [[
 uniform samplerCube surface_texture;
 
 vec4
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ sphere_color(vec3 point, vec3 normal)
     vec3 reflect = reflect(normalize(point), normal);
     return textureCube(surface_texture, reflect * gl_NormalMatrix);
 }
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: sphere-main-fragment-shader
+CONSTANT: sphere-main-fragment-shader [[
 varying float vradius;
 varying vec3 sphere_position;
 varying vec4 world_position;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ main()
     gl_FragDepth = (transformed_surface.z/transformed_surface.w + 1.0) * 0.5;
 	gl_FragColor = sphere_color(world_surface.xyz, surface);
 }
-;
+]] ;
 
 TUPLE: spheres-world < demo-world
     plane-program solid-sphere-program texture-sphere-program
diff --git a/ffi/macho/macho-tests.factor b/ffi/macho/macho-tests.factor
index c71ed95ea9..33836cfb5d 100644
--- a/ffi/macho/macho-tests.factor
+++ b/ffi/macho/macho-tests.factor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ USING: accessors alien io io.streams.string kernel literals macho
 multiline sequences strings system tools.test ;
 in: macho.tests
 
-STRING: validation-output
+CONSTANT: validation-output [[
 0000000100000f1c __stub_helper    stub helpers
 0000000100001040 __program_vars  _pvars
 0000000100001068 __data          _NXArgc
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ STRING: validation-output
 0000000000000000                 _exit
 0000000000000000                 _printf
 0000000000000000                 dyld_stub_binder
-
-;
+]] ;
 
 cpu ppc? [
     { $ validation-output }
diff --git a/ffi/opencl/ffi/ffi-tests.factor b/ffi/opencl/ffi/ffi-tests.factor
index 7f2dd07ab0..9fff45536f 100644
--- a/ffi/opencl/ffi/ffi-tests.factor
+++ b/ffi/opencl/ffi/ffi-tests.factor
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FROM: alien.c-types => float ;
 SPECIALIZED-ARRAYS: float void* ;
 in: opencl.ffi.tests
 
-STRING: kernel-source
+CONSTANT: kernel-source [[
 __kernel void square(
     __global float* input,
     __global float* output,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ __kernel void square(
     if (i < count)
         output[i] = input[i] * input[i];
 }
-;
+]] ;
 
 ERROR: cl-error err ;
 : cl-success ( err -- )
diff --git a/ffi/opencl/opencl-tests.factor b/ffi/opencl/opencl-tests.factor
index 73f9e36267..8c141508d7 100644
--- a/ffi/opencl/opencl-tests.factor
+++ b/ffi/opencl/opencl-tests.factor
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FROM: alien.c-types => float ;
 specialized-array: float
 in: opencl.tests
 
-STRING: kernel-source
+CONSTANT: kernel-source [[
 __kernel void square(
     __global float* input,
     __global float* output,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ __kernel void square(
     if (i < count)
         output[i] = input[i] * input[i];
 }
-;
+]] ;
 
 :: opencl-square ( in -- out )
     [
diff --git a/frameworks/furnace/actions/actions-tests.factor b/frameworks/furnace/actions/actions-tests.factor
index eaf6f42c13..989464101a 100644
--- a/frameworks/furnace/actions/actions-tests.factor
+++ b/frameworks/furnace/actions/actions-tests.factor
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ in: furnace.actions.tests
     [ "a" param "b" param [ string>number ] bi@ + ] >>display
 "action-1" set
 
-STRING: action-request-test-1
+CONSTANT: action-request-test-1 [[
 GET http://foo/bar?a=12&b=13 HTTP/1.1
 
 blah
-;
+]] ;
 
 { 25 } [
     action-request-test-1 lf>crlf
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ blah
     [ "a" param string>number sq ] >>display
 "action-2" set
 
-STRING: action-request-test-2
+CONSTANT: action-request-test-2 [[
 GET http://foo/bar/123 HTTP/1.1
 
 blah
-;
+]] ;
 
 { 25 } [
     action-request-test-2 lf>crlf
diff --git a/frameworks/furnace/utilities/utilities-tests.factor b/frameworks/furnace/utilities/utilities-tests.factor
index 1a401b9050..7eb56b30ab 100644
--- a/frameworks/furnace/utilities/utilities-tests.factor
+++ b/frameworks/furnace/utilities/utilities-tests.factor
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ multiline parser tools.test webapps.counter ;
 in: furnace.utilities.tests
 
 COMPILE<
-STRING: dummy-vocab
-in: dummy-vocab
+CONSTANT: dummy-vocab [[
+IN: dummy-vocab
 
 : dummy-word ( -- ) ;
-;
+]] ;
 
 dummy-vocab "dummy.factor" temp-file [ utf8 set-file-contents ] keep run-file
 COMPILE>
diff --git a/games/terrain/shaders/shaders.factor b/games/terrain/shaders/shaders.factor
index 6452c4daf1..3e8fb07c5f 100644
--- a/games/terrain/shaders/shaders.factor
+++ b/games/terrain/shaders/shaders.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 USING: multiline ;
 in: terrain.shaders
 
-STRING: sky-vertex-shader
+CONSTANT: sky-vertex-shader [[
 
 uniform float sky_theta;
 varying vec3 direction;
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ void main()
         * (gl_ModelViewMatrixInverse * vec4(p.xyz, 0.0)).xyz;
 }
 
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: sky-pixel-shader
+CONSTANT: sky-pixel-shader [[
 
 uniform sampler2D sky;
 uniform float sky_gradient, sky_theta;
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ void main()
     gl_FragColor = mix(SKY_COLOR_A, SKY_COLOR_B, sin(6.28*t));
 }
 
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: terrain-vertex-shader
+CONSTANT: terrain-vertex-shader [[
 
 uniform sampler2D heightmap;
 uniform vec4 component_scale;
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ void main()
     heightcoords = gl_Vertex.xz;
 }
 
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: terrain-pixel-shader
+CONSTANT: terrain-pixel-shader [[
 
 uniform sampler2D heightmap;
 uniform vec4 component_scale;
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ void main()
     gl_FragColor = texture2D(heightmap, heightcoords);
 }
 
-;
+]] ;
diff --git a/language/compiler/cfg/builder/alien/alien-docs.factor b/language/compiler/cfg/builder/alien/alien-docs.factor
index 201c5e3e98..836eb8fa39 100644
--- a/language/compiler/cfg/builder/alien/alien-docs.factor
+++ b/language/compiler/cfg/builder/alien/alien-docs.factor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ literals make multiline sequences stack-checker.alien strings ;
 in: compiler.cfg.builder.alien
 
 COMPILE<
-STRING: ex-caller-return
+CONSTANT: ex-caller-return [[
 USING: compiler.cfg.builder.alien make prettyprint ;
 [
     T{ ##alien-invoke { reg-outputs { { 1 int-rep RAX } } } } ,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ USING: compiler.cfg.builder.alien make prettyprint ;
     T{ ##alien-invoke { reg-outputs { { 1 int-rep RAX } } } }
     T{ ##box-alien { dst 116 } { src 1 } { temp 115 } }
 }
-;
+]] ;
 COMPILE>
 
 HELP: caller-linkage
diff --git a/language/compiler/cfg/builder/blocks/blocks-docs.factor b/language/compiler/cfg/builder/blocks/blocks-docs.factor
index 285ed852e6..b920e07251 100644
--- a/language/compiler/cfg/builder/blocks/blocks-docs.factor
+++ b/language/compiler/cfg/builder/blocks/blocks-docs.factor
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ help.syntax literals make math multiline quotations sequences ;
 in: compiler.cfg.builder.blocks
 
 COMPILE<
-STRING: ex-emit-trivial-block
+CONSTANT: ex-emit-trivial-block [[
 USING: compiler.cfg.builder.blocks make prettyprint ;
 begin-stack-analysis <basic-block> dup set-basic-block [ gensym ##call, drop ] emit-trivial-block predecessors>> first .
 T{ basic-block
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ T{ basic-block
         }
     }
 }
-;
+]] ;
 COMPILE>
 
 HELP: begin-basic-block
diff --git a/language/compiler/cfg/instructions/syntax/syntax-docs.factor b/language/compiler/cfg/instructions/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
index 0095a65c7d..201c259f43 100644
--- a/language/compiler/cfg/instructions/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
+++ b/language/compiler/cfg/instructions/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ USING: help.markup help.syntax literals multiline sequences splitting ;
 in: compiler.cfg.instructions.syntax
 
 COMPILE<
-STRING: parse-insn-slot-specs-code
+CONSTANT: parse-insn-slot-specs-code [[
 USING: compiler.cfg.instructions.syntax prettyprint splitting ;
 "use: src/int-rep temp: temp/int-rep" " " split parse-insn-slot-specs .
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: parse-insn-slot-specs-result
+CONSTANT: parse-insn-slot-specs-result [[
 {
     T{ insn-slot-spec
         { type use }
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ STRING: parse-insn-slot-specs-result
         { rep int-rep }
     }
 }
-;
+]] ;
 COMPILE>
 
 HELP: parse-insn-slot-specs
diff --git a/language/compiler/tree/propagation/propagation-docs.factor b/language/compiler/tree/propagation/propagation-docs.factor
index 3a0f18ac72..0ac33ba93f 100644
--- a/language/compiler/tree/propagation/propagation-docs.factor
+++ b/language/compiler/tree/propagation/propagation-docs.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ USING: help.markup help.syntax literals multiline ;
 in: compiler.tree.propagation
 
 COMPILE<
-STRING: propagate-ex
+CONSTANT: propagate-ex [[
 USING: compiler.tree.builder compiler.tree.propagation math prettyprint ;
 [ 3 + ] build-tree propagate third .
 T{ #call
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ T{ #call
         }
     }
 }
-;
+]] ;
 COMPILE>
 
 HELP: propagate
diff --git a/libs/elf/nm/nm-tests.factor b/libs/elf/nm/nm-tests.factor
index d9ceddfabd..089f7dad7f 100644
--- a/libs/elf/nm/nm-tests.factor
+++ b/libs/elf/nm/nm-tests.factor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ USING: elf.nm io io.streams.string kernel literals multiline strings
 system tools.test ;
 in: elf.nm.tests
 
-STRING: validation-output
+CONSTANT: validation-output [[
 0000000000000000 absolute         init.c
 000000000040046c .text            call_gmon_start
 0000000000000000 absolute         crtstuff.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ STRING: validation-output
 0000000000400524 .text            main
 00000000004003f0 .init            _init
 
-;
+]] ;
 
 cpu ppc? [
     { $ validation-output }
diff --git a/libs/http/http-tests.factor b/libs/http/http-tests.factor
index decee01c78..e3f1998f27 100644
--- a/libs/http/http-tests.factor
+++ b/libs/http/http-tests.factor
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ in: http.tests
 { "localhost:8080" } [ T{ url { protocol "http" } { host "localhost" } { port 8080 } } unparse-host ] unit-test
 { "localhost:8443" } [ T{ url { protocol "https" } { host "localhost" } { port 8443 } } unparse-host ] unit-test
 
-STRING: read-request-test-1
+CONSTANT: read-request-test-1 [[
 POST /bar HTTP/1.1
 Some-Header: 1
 Some-Header: 2
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Content-Length: 4
 Content-type: application/octet-stream
 
 blah
-;
+]] ;
 
 {
     T{ request
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ blah
     ] with-string-reader
 ] unit-test
 
-STRING: read-request-test-1'
+CONSTANT: read-request-test-1' [[
 POST /bar HTTP/1.1
 content-length: 4
 content-type: application/octet-stream
 some-header: 1; 2
 
 blah
-;
+]] ;
 
 ${ read-request-test-1' } [
     read-request-test-1 lf>crlf
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ ${ read-request-test-1' } [
     string-lines "\n" join
 ] unit-test
 
-STRING: read-request-test-2
+CONSTANT: read-request-test-2 [[
 HEAD  /bar   HTTP/1.1
 Host: www.sex.com
 
-;
+]] ;
 
 {
     T{ request
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ Host: www.sex.com
     ] with-string-reader
 ] unit-test
 
-STRING: read-request-test-2'
+CONSTANT: read-request-test-2' [[
 HEAD  /bar   HTTP/1.1
 Host: www.sex.com:101
 
-;
+]] ;
 
 {
     T{ request
@@ -113,15 +113,15 @@ Host: www.sex.com:101
     ] with-string-reader
 ] unit-test
 
-STRING: read-request-test-3
+CONSTANT: read-request-test-3 [[
 GET nested HTTP/1.0
 
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: read-request-test-4
+CONSTANT: read-request-test-4 [[
 GET /blah HTTP/1.0
 Host: "www.amazon.com"
-;
+]] ;
 
 { "www.amazon.com" }
 [
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ Host: "www.amazon.com"
     "host" header
 ] unit-test
 
-STRING: read-response-test-1
+CONSTANT: read-response-test-1 [[
 HTTP/1.1 404 not found
 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
 
 blah
-;
+]] ;
 
 {
     T{ response
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ blah
 ] unit-test
 
 
-STRING: read-response-test-1'
+COSTANT: read-response-test-1' [[
 HTTP/1.1 404 not found
 content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
 
-;
+]] ;
 
 ${ read-response-test-1' } [
     URL" http://localhost/" url set
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@ ${ read-response-test-1' } [
     dup parse-set-cookie first unparse-set-cookie =
 ] unit-test
 
-STRING: read-response-test-2
+CONSTANT: read-response-test-2 [[
 HTTP/1.1 200 Content follows
 Set-Cookie: oo="bar; a=b"; httponly=yes; sid=123456
 
 
-;
+]] ;
 
 { 2 } [
     read-response-test-2 lf>crlf
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ Set-Cookie: oo="bar; a=b"; httponly=yes; sid=123456
     cookies>> length
 ] unit-test
 
-STRING: read-response-test-3
+CONSTANT: read-response-test-3 [[
 HTTP/1.1 200 Content follows
 Set-Cookie: oo="bar; a=b"; comment="your mom"; httponly=yes
 
 
-;
+]] ;
 
 { 1 } [
     read-response-test-3 lf>crlf
diff --git a/libs/http/server/requests/requests-tests.factor b/libs/http/server/requests/requests-tests.factor
index 247b907a7e..6f12a6b317 100644
--- a/libs/http/server/requests/requests-tests.factor
+++ b/libs/http/server/requests/requests-tests.factor
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ in: http.server.requests.tests
 ] unit-test
 
 ! multipart/form-data
-STRING: test-multipart/form-data
+CONSTANT: test-multipart/form-data [[
 POST / HTTP/1.1
 Accept: */*
 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="text"; filename="upload.txt"
 hello
 --768de80194d942619886d23f1337aa15--
 
-;
+]] ;
 {
     "upload.txt"
     H{
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ hello
 ! Error handling
 ! If the incoming request is not valid, read-request should throw an
 ! appropriate error.
-STRING: test-multipart/form-data-missing-boundary
+CONSTANT: test-multipart/form-data-missing-boundary [[
 POST / HTTP/1.1
 Accept: */*
 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="text"; filename="upload.txt"
 hello
 --768de80194d942619886d23f1337aa15--
 
-;
+]] ;
 [ test-multipart/form-data-missing-boundary string>request ]
 [ no-boundary? ] must-fail-with
 
diff --git a/libs/svg/svg-tests.factor b/libs/svg/svg-tests.factor
index e0faf61eea..6837714d20 100644
--- a/libs/svg/svg-tests.factor
+++ b/libs/svg/svg-tests.factor
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ ${
     " svg-path>array
 ] unit-test
 
-STRING: test-svg-string
+CONSTANT: test-svg-string [[
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
         <path transform="translate(1 2)" d="M -1 -1 l 2 2" />
 </svg>
-;
+]] ;
 
 : test-svg-path ( -- obj )
     test-svg-string string>xml body>> children-tags first ;
diff --git a/libs/text-analysis/text-analysis.factor b/libs/text-analysis/text-analysis.factor
index 456b718a77..087921db5d 100644
--- a/libs/text-analysis/text-analysis.factor
+++ b/libs/text-analysis/text-analysis.factor
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ TUPLE: text-analysis #paragraphs #sentences #chars #words
     ]
     [ words-per-sentence 0.0496 * ] bi + ;
 
-STRING: text-report-format
+CONSTANT: text-report-format [[
 Number of paragraphs           %d
 Number of sentences            %d
 Number of words                %d
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ SMOG grade                     %2.2f
 Automated Readability index    %2.2f
 Dale-Chall readability         %2.2f
 
-;
+]] ;
 
 PRIVATE>
 
diff --git a/libs/xml/tests/templating.factor b/libs/xml/tests/templating.factor
index d8891554c7..74a3b324bd 100644
--- a/libs/xml/tests/templating.factor
+++ b/libs/xml/tests/templating.factor
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ M: object (r-ref) drop ;
 
 ! Example
 
-STRING: sample-doc
+CONSTANT: sample-doc [[
 <html xmlns:f='http://littledan.onigirihouse.com/namespaces/replace'>
 <body>
 <span f:sub='foo'/>
 <div f:sub='bar'/>
 <p f:sub='baz'>paragraph</p>
 </body></html>
-;
+]] ;
 
-STRING: expected-result
+CONSTANT: expected-result [[
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <html xmlns:f="http://littledan.onigirihouse.com/namespaces/replace">
   <body>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ STRING: expected-result
     <p f:sub="baz"/>
   </body>
 </html>
-;
+]] ;
 
 : test-refs ( -- string )
     [