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Originally Posted by BigBen
You got satire from that?
BTW, I always thought that the Tilde (~) was a mathematical symbol meaning "Approximately". Does it mean something else in literary terms?
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No, but it is right next to the "!" on the keyboard, and a lazy or overly enthusiastic typist might hit it instead. Therefore, it is also used as a shorthand for saying "I'm pretending to be an idiot as I post this". Also, you might see the number "1" among the "!"s, or even the typed-out words "one" or "eleven", as follows:
0mg PL m3 plz!!!111eleventyone!!