Bob Gurch's definitions

‡

A sort of symbolic cross thingy.

Person 1: "Do you know what ‡ means?"
Person 2: "No."
Person 1: "Me neither."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

ist

German word for 'is'.

Person 1: "Das ist ein Hund."

Person 2: "Why are you speaking German?"

by Bob Gurch August 28, 2004

‰

It's a percent sign with an extra 'o' at the bottom. It means 'per thousand', rather than 'per hundred'.

5% of 400 is 20, therefore, 5‰ of 400 is 2.

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

·

The · is a dot. A bit like the full stop (.), but higher up. Used as a shorthand for 'multiply' in mathematics (because they don't want to get × confused with x).

Equation: 5x² · 2y = 10x²y

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

®

Symbol denoting a registered trademark. Can be written (R) if you are using a crap font that doesn't have ® in it.

Person 1: "Microsoft® Windows® XP is a registered trademark of Microsoft® Corporation."

Person 2: "Who are you, Bill Gates or something? Shut up."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

—

It's a horizontal line. Longer than -, but not quite as long as ——.

Person 1: "Look, I've made a —."
Person 2: "So what, look at my ————."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

Doyce

Boring Mathematics teacher. Says "Raat" a lot.

Raat then, it's Doyce!

by Bob Gurch May 25, 2004