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The @ sign. The word was first heard nationally on January 2, 1994, during a broadcast of CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt. One week earlier, Mr Kuralt asked viewers to send in names for the sign, since no name existed. "Atpersand" was submitted by Professor John Giannotti of Rutgers University. Mr Kuralt read Professor Giannotti's letter during the broadcast.
The atpersand is used in email addresses.
atpersand by Hans Inapok January 26, 2014
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ampersand 

ampersand by Jade November 3, 2004

amperstand 

A very common misspelling of the word, "ampersand" -- the 'and' symbol -- yeah this thing: ---> &
{Craig}: Hey -=ShoEboX=-, when did you name your cat Amperstand?
{-=ShoEboX=-}: It's Ampersand dammit! AMPERSAND!!!
amperstand by Telephony March 9, 2015

ampersand 

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.
ampersand by &y &erson October 26, 2010

ampersandy

Twisted or freakish. Like the ampersand &.
"There was this ampersandy biker guy in the bathroom eyeballing my junk at the urinal."
ampersandy by Cli June 29, 2006

Amperstand 

"How did the 'T' get in there? Stupid Blackberry!"
"So, it's amperstand+hearts+semicolon only without the +?"
Amperstand by Magraloo December 12, 2009