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^W en · INTJ

Etymology

From the visual representation of the terminal encoding of the keypress Ctrl-W, the "delete back to whitespace" command in GNU readline, which is commonly available in GNU shells and other command-line utilities.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, humorous, usually) Delete that last word.
    • Well, Mimi, you’re old enough that you should go to parties now, so this should be your last year to tickle feet^W^W trick-or-treat.
    • Yeah, he's a real jerk^W civility-challenged fellow.

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