the.com/slash
The symbol that means 'and/or' but mostly means 'I refuse to commit.'
means A cut, gash, or sweeping stroke — or the punctuation mark ( / ) used to join options, separate alternatives, or dodge a clean choice.
from Traces back through Middle English and Old French 'esclachier/esclater' (to break, shatter), part of a family of words tied to violent splitting. The verb sense — a sweeping cut with a blade — came first; the punctuation use is a much later extension, borrowed because the mark itself looks like a quick diagonal cut across the page.
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- job title abuse
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- backslash confusion
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- guitarist alias
- saul hudson legally performs as one punctuation mark