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SINGLECHARACTERS

Space

blank,ghost(NetHack)

Exclamationpoint

exclamation(mark),(ex)clam,excl,wow,hey,boing,bang,shout,yell,shriek,
pling,factorial,ballbat,smash,cuss,store,potion(NetHack),not(UNIX)(C),dammit
(UNIX)

"

Quotationmark

(double)quote,dirk,literalmark,rabbitears,doubleping,doubleglitch,amulet
(NetHack),web(NetHack),invertedcommas

Crosshatch

pound,poundsign,number,numbersign,sharp,octothorpe,hash,(garden)
fence,crunch,mesh,hex,flash,grid,pigpen,tictactoe,scratch(mark),(garden)
gate,hak,oof,rake,sink(NetHack),corridor(NetHack),unequal,punchmark

DollarSign

dollar,cash,currencysymbol,buck,string,escape,ding,bigmoney,gold
(NetHack),Sonne

PercentSign

percent,mod(C),shift5,doubleohseven,grapes,food(NetHack)

&

Ampersand

and,amper,address(C),shift7,andpersand,snowman,bitand(C),donaldduck,
daemon(NetHack),background(UNIX),pretzel

'

Apostrophe

(single)quote,tick,prime,irk,pop,spark,glitch,lurkerabove(NetHack)

Asterisk

star,splat,spider,aster,times,wildcard(UNIX),gear,dingle,(Nathan)Hale,bug,
gem(NetHack),twinkle,funnybutton,pinecone,glob(UNIX)

()

Parentheses

parens,roundbrackets,bananas,ears,bowlegs

LeftParenthesis

(open)paren,so,wane,parenthesee,open,sad,tool(NetHack)

RightParenthesis

already,wax,unparenthesee,close(paren),happy,thesis,weapon(NetHack)

PlusSign

plus,add,cross,and,intersection,door(NetHack),spellbook(NetHack)

Comma

tail,trapper(NetHack)

Hyphen

minus(sign),dash,dak,option,flag,negative(sign),worm,bithorpe

Period

dot,decimal(point),(radix)point,spot,fullstop,put,floor(NetHack)

Slash

stroke,virgule,solidus,slant,diagonal,over,slat,slak,across,compress,
reduce,replicate,spare,dividedby,wand(NetHack),forwardslash,shilling

Colon

twospot,doubledot,dots,chameleon(NetHack)

Semicolon

semi,hybrid,gianteel(NetHack),goon

<>

AngleBrackets

angles,funnels,brokets,pointybrackets,widgets

<

LessThan

less,readfrom(UNIX),from(UNIX),in(UNIX),comesfrom(UNIX),crunch,sucks,left
chevron,openpointy(brack[et]),bra,upstairs(NetHack),west,(left|open)widget

>

GreaterThan

more,writeto(UNIX),into/toward(UNIX),out(UNIX),gazinta(UNIX),zap,blows,
rightchevron,closingpointy(brack[et]),ket,downstairs(NetHack),east,
(right|close)widget

EqualSign

equal(s),gets,becomes,quadrathorpe,halfmesh,ring(NetHack)

QuestionMark

question,query,whatmark,what,wildchar(UNIX),huh,ques,kwes,quiz,quark,
hook,scroll(NetHack),interrogationpoint

AtSign

at,each,vortex,whirl,whirlpool,cyclone,snail,ape(tail),cat,snablea,trunka,
rose,cabbage,Mercantilesymbol,strudel,fetch,shopkeeper(NetHack),human
(NetHack),commercialat,monkey(tail)

[]

Brackets

squarebrackets,Uturns,edgedparentheses

LeftBracket

bracket,bra,(left)square(brack[et]),opensquare,armor(NetHack)

RightBracket

unbracket,ket,rightsquare(brack[et]),unsquare,close,mimic(NetHack)

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Backslash

reversedvirgule,bash,(back)slant,backwhack,backslat,escape(UNIX),
backslak,bak,scan,expand,opulentthrone(NetHack),slosh,slope,blash

Circumflex

caret,carrot,(top)hat,cap,uphat,partyhat,housetop,uparrow,control,boink,
chevron,hiccup,power,tothe(power),fang,sharkfin,and,xor(C),wok,trap
(NetHack),pointer,pipe(UNIX),upperthan

Underscore

underline,underbar,under,score,backarrow,flatworm,blank,chain(NetHack),
gets,dash,sneak

Grave

(grave/acute)accent,backquote,left/openquote,backprime,unapostrophe,
backspark,birk,blugle,backtick,push,backglitch,backping,execute,boulder
(NetHack),rock(NetHack),blip

{}

Braces

curlybraces,squigglybraces,curlybrackets,squigglebrackets,Tuborgs,ponds,
curlychevrons,squirrlybraces,hitchcocks,chippendalebrackets

LeftBrace

brace,curly,leftit,embrace,openbrace,begin(C),fountain(NetHack)

RightBrace

unbrace,uncurly,rytit,bracelet,close,end(C),apool(NetHack)

VerticalBar

pipe(UNIX),pipeto(UNIX),verticalline,brokenline,bar,or(C),bitor(C),vert,v
bar,spike,to(UNIX),gazinta(UNIX),thru(UNIX),pipesinta(UNIX),tube,mark,
whack,gutter,wall(NetHack)

Tilde

twiddle,tilda,tildee,wave,squiggle,swungdash,approx,wiggle,enyay,home
(UNIX),worm,not(C)

MULTIPLECHARACTERSTRINGS
!?

interrobang(oneoverlappedcharacter)

*/

asterslash(C),timesdiv

/*

slashterix(C),slashaster

:=

becomes

<

gets

<<

leftshift(C),doublesmaller

<>

unequal

>>

appends(UNIX),catastrophe,rightshift(C),doublegreater

>

arrow(C),pointerto(C),hiccup(C)

#!

sh'bang,wallop

\!*

bashbangsplat

()

nil

&&

and(C),andand(C),amperamper,succeedsthen(UNIX)

||

or(C),oror(C),failsthen(UNIX)

NOTES
!

bang

comesfromoldcardpunchphenomwherepunching!codemadealoudnoise
however,thispronunciationisusedinthe(noncomputerized)publishingand
typesettingindustryintheU.S.too,so...
Alternativelyitcouldhavecomefromcomicbooks,wherethewordseach
characteruttersareshownina"balloon"nearthatcharacter'shead.Whenone
charactershootsanother,itiscommontoseeaballoonpointingatthebarrelof
theguntodenotethatthegunhadbeenfired,notmerelyaimed.Thatballoon
containedtheword"!"hence,"!"=="Bang!"

store

fromFORTH

dammit

asin"quit,dammit!"whileexitingviandhopingonehasn'tclobberedafiletoo
badly

octothorpe

fromBellSystem(orig.octalthorpe)

unequal

e.g.Modula2

string

fromBASIC

escape

fromTOPS10

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Sonne

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Inthesocialistcountries,theyusedandareusingallkindsofIBMclones
(hardware+software).Itwasacommonpracticejusttorenameeverything
(IBM360ESER1040,etc...).
Ofcoursethe"dollar"signhadtoberenameditbecamethe"international
currencysymbol"whichlookslikeacirclewith4raysspreadingfromit:
Becauseitlookslikea(small)shiningsun,intheGermanDemocraticRepublicit
wasusuallycalled"Sonne"(sun).

&

donaldduck

fromtheDanish"AndersAnd",whichmeans"DonaldDuck"

splat

fromDEC"spider"glyph

NathanHale

"Ihavebutoneasteriskformycountry."

funnybutton

atPacificBell,*wasreferredtobyemployeesasthe"funnybutton",whichdid
notpleasemanagementatallwhenitbecamepartofthecorporatelogoof
PacificTelesis,theholdingcompany...

*/

timesdiv

fromFORTH

quadrathorpe

halfanoctothorpe

bithorpe

halfaquadrathorpe(Sowhat'samonothorpe?)

put

VictorBorge'sPhoneticPunctuationwhichdatesbacktothemiddle1950's

across

APL

compress

APL

reduce

APL

replicate

APL

shilling

fromtheBritishcurrencysymbol

:=

becomes

e.g.Pascal

goon

Algol68

<

leftchevron

fromthemilitary:wornverticallyonthesleevetosignifyrating

<

bra

fromquantummechanics

<>

unequal

e.g.Pascal

>

rightchevron

see"<leftchevron"

>

ket

fromquantummechanics

snablea

fromDanishmaytranslateas"trunka"

trunka

"trunk"="elephantnose"

strudel

asinAustrianapplecake

fetch

fromFORTH

scan

APL

expand

APL

and

fromformallogic

pointer

fromPASCAL

upperthan

cf.>and<

gets

somealternativerepresentationofunderscoreresemblesabackarrow

dash

asdistinctfrom''==minus

execute

fromshellcommandsubstitution

{}

Tuborgs

fromadvertizingforwellknownDanishbeverage

{}

curlychevr.

see"<leftchevron"

{}

hitchcocks

fromtheoldAlfredHitchcockshow,withthestylizedprofileoftheman

{}

chippendalebrackets

afterChippendalechairs

brokenline

EBCDIChastwoverticalbars,onesolidandonebroken.

enyay

fromtheSpanishntilde

()

nil

LISP

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