A defensive semicolon placed before a JavaScript IIFE that looks like a Gen-Z emoticon for "winking sadface, f*** you." Originated when two
run_script() calls get concatenated without a statement terminator, causing unshift() to return 15 which then tries to invoke (function(){...})() as 15(function(){...})(). The semicolon breaks the invocation chain, restoring order to the universe.
Etymology: Discovered during a late-night
Claude Code session debugging
lightweight-charts hotkeys in a crypto charting app called Kore
AI. The developer saw the pattern ;(function() and immediately recognized it as the most honest thing JavaScript has ever produced.