Diacritic: a mark, pointer, sign to distinguish from another form, to give a particular phonetic value
Diacritic: the diacritic on the words between similar spelling had been manually added over the page to modify a letter of the alphabet.
by Jesmion Chikwudi Ibekwe August 28, 2017
The addition of diacritical marks to letters that are of no particular aid to pronunciation, in an attempt to appear more worldly or sophisticated.
Joe: They tell me you're from Lindstrom, MN
Sven: That's Lindström.
Joe: Oh, go blow it out your ass. That's just some diacritic bling to make your shitty old hometown seem cool.
Sven: That's Lindström.
Joe: Oh, go blow it out your ass. That's just some diacritic bling to make your shitty old hometown seem cool.
by Ångström December 30, 2015