Ampersandism is NOT excessive use of the word "and".
Ampersandism is, absolutely specifically, the excessive, incorrect and ungrammatical substitution of the "&" symbol (ampersand) in place of the the word "and".
Ampersandism is, absolutely specifically, the excessive, incorrect and ungrammatical substitution of the "&" symbol (ampersand) in place of the the word "and".
by John Tropi June 16, 2021
Ampersandism is NOT excessive use of the word "and".
Ampersandism is, absolutely specifically, the excessive, incorrect and ungrammatical substitution of the "&" symbol (ampersand) in place of the the word "and".
Ampersandism is, absolutely specifically, the excessive, incorrect and ungrammatical substitution of the "&" symbol (ampersand) in place of the the word "and".
by John Tropi June 16, 2021
An ampersand is the symbol &, which was designed by German typesetter Manfred Johann Amper in 1634 as an abbreviation for the German word "und", which means "and" in English; hence the symbol was first known as "Amper's 'and' ", which was eventually syncopated into "ampersand", the term by which we know it today.
On a standard US keyboard the ampersand is on the same key as the numeral 7.
Her malformed pretzels looked like ampersands.
In formal symbolic logic the truth-functional connective AND is often represented by an ampersand.
Her malformed pretzels looked like ampersands.
In formal symbolic logic the truth-functional connective AND is often represented by an ampersand.
by &y &erson October 25, 2010
noun: the sign "&" (standing for the word 'and', as in "U & I")
“&” was actually part of the English alphabet. In the early 1800s, school children reciting their ABCs concluded the alphabet with the "&" coming after the letter 'Z'..........the alphabet was originally 27 characters long because '&' was an actual letter member.
But then Grammar Nazis decided "&" was not worthy of being in the alphabet, so they took it out (the same illogical mindset that decided Pluto was not a planet, but only a large asteroid.)
“&” was actually part of the English alphabet. In the early 1800s, school children reciting their ABCs concluded the alphabet with the "&" coming after the letter 'Z'..........the alphabet was originally 27 characters long because '&' was an actual letter member.
But then Grammar Nazis decided "&" was not worthy of being in the alphabet, so they took it out (the same illogical mindset that decided Pluto was not a planet, but only a large asteroid.)
by Jimmy Fedd June 20, 2016
I came and I saw you and I passed the time of day with you and I returned. It is a case of ampersandism.
by uttam maharjan April 4, 2010
by &m0 May 27, 2005