Ampersat

Ampersand. "@". The at symobl. Commercial at.

Referring to the question "What's the @ symbol called?" on page 34 of the January 2006 edition of ITnow, I can only suggest the following: If the "&" symbol, or "and sign", is known as the "ampersand" then the "@" symbol, or "at sign", must surely be known as the "ampersat".

by mongthemerciless May 6, 2009

ampersand

the & symbol. simple as that.

I like macaroni & cheese.

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!!!

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.

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."

by Cli June 29, 2006

Amperstand

"How did the 'T' get in there? Stupid Blackberry!"

"So, it's amperstand+hearts+semicolon only without the +?"

by Magraloo December 12, 2009

Ampersand

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.)

Ampersand, like Pluto were robbed of their identity!

by Jimmy Fedd June 20, 2016