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ampersat en · NOUN

Blend of ampersand + at.

(rare) The at sign (@).
- […]there are users out there on the Internet right now who think that they possess an e-mail address containing neither an at-sign (@ often known as an "ampersat") nor a domain name. [2000, Wankyu Choi, Allan Kent, Chris Lea, Beginning PHP4, page 249:
- Two weeks ago, Tim Nott asked what the @, the hub of the e-mail address, should be called. […] In the UK, Tim Gowens offered the highly logical "ampersat" and the art historian Frances Marks suggested "Van Gogh's ear". [1996 February 5, David Bowen, “bits & bytes”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2022:
- From his Twitter feed I have learned that Darnielle is interested in politics, feminist activism, professional boxing (he sometimes live-tweets exciting bouts), vegan cooking, and his infant son. He engages eagerly with fans—his homepage is a flurry of ampersats from his back-and-forths with followers. 2011 November 18, L.V. Anderson, “Follow Friday: The Internet’s Wittiest Angst-Ridden Folk Musician”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2020:

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