A colon that winks with its tail, this glyph (“;”) literally translates to “I went to college” and purports to conjoin two related independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
by BillieJeanIsNotMyLover April 7, 2019
Get the semicolon mug.A programmer's bane. Required by most programming langauges to seperate commands. The semicolon will usually render an entire program useless and force the programmer to search every line for that goddamn semicolon.
Programmer: I wrote a program to find the answer to life, the universe, and everything and I left out a semicolon! Fjsk!
by Tiko March 20, 2004
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"I went to the mall, however I got lost, and I had to hitch a ride with my friend, Alan, who likes semicolons. The bastard."
What Microsoft Word says:
"I went to the mall; however, I got lost; I had to hitch a ride with my friend; Alan; he likes semicolons; the bastard.
"I went to the mall, however I got lost, and I had to hitch a ride with my friend, Alan, who likes semicolons. The bastard."
What Microsoft Word says:
"I went to the mall; however, I got lost; I had to hitch a ride with my friend; Alan; he likes semicolons; the bastard.
by nonoit'sjusttherain May 25, 2009
Get the semicolon mug.The character ";" that you probably never use. It's used to fix comma splicing by separating two independent clauses while still including them in the same sentence. For example:
"I watch My Little Pony, Fluttershy is my favorite character."
can be corrected to
"I watch My Little Pony; Fluttershy is my favorite character."
People also use them in an attempt to sound smart when writing; almost in a condescending way; even if they don't know what they mean; and they never seen to realize how fabricated their writing looks with all the semicolons; and they probably started abusing them after reading classical novels."
"I watch My Little Pony, Fluttershy is my favorite character."
can be corrected to
"I watch My Little Pony; Fluttershy is my favorite character."
People also use them in an attempt to sound smart when writing; almost in a condescending way; even if they don't know what they mean; and they never seen to realize how fabricated their writing looks with all the semicolons; and they probably started abusing them after reading classical novels."
English Teacher: "Well done on your 40 billionth argumentative essay, Harold. If I were you, I would put a semicolon there."
Harold: "What the snot is a semicolon?"
Harold: "What the snot is a semicolon?"
by UsefulInfoBeing June 2, 2016
Get the semicolon mug.that useless punctuation mark that always gets in the way when you try to put a colon 'cause you forgot to hit the shift key.
*groceries; milk, eggs, cantaloupe...*
guy typing list; "oh, shit, that wasnt supposed to be a semicolon."
guy typing list; "oh, shit, that wasnt supposed to be a semicolon."
by zeben October 2, 2006
Get the semicolon mug.by Estehbahn July 3, 2006
Get the semicolon mug.The remaining part of a colon (large intestine) after part is removed (usually because of cancers, tumors and cysts).
by LudwigVan December 19, 2003
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