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Semicolon

A sign used to display you won't give up, often used with anxiety or depression
Anxiety is supported by me; I support them using the semicolon symbol
by #Supportheirhell January 12, 2018
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A semi colon is used when an author chooses to end their sentence but doesn’t. In this case, the author is you and the sentence is your life
Person 1: why do you have a semicolon tattoo?

Person 2: I fought against depression and I made it out alive
by Emalexander111 September 5, 2019
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A semicolon is a symbol for people who've survived suicide/depression, as a semicolon represents when a sentence COULD have ended, but didn't.
"Why did you get a semicolon tattoo?"

"It represents my battle with depression and suicidal thoughts."

"Wow. Can I give you a hug?"
by *Intimidates in non binary* March 18, 2022
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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
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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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Microsoft Word seems to think that these should go in every sentence.
What you mean to say:
"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
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A type of punctuation most commonly used to separate related independent clauses. They're underused by the majority of the population; however, they are quite helpful and can be very versatile when implemented by a skilled writer.
I have written and submitted my defintion; I expect to be notified upon its addition to the site shortly.

Bitches don't know about my semicolons; but man, those bitches love 'em when they see 'em.
by Red the Ghost August 22, 2010
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