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square bracket 

ASCII 91 and 93 (and hence U+005B and U+005D). Used in matching pairs to denote stage directions in a play or additions to a quotation. In programming languages with C-like syntax, square brackets typically enclose array subscripts. In mathematics, their most frequent use is to denote closed intervals of real numbers. On Urban Dictionary, because they're used for markup and there are no escape sequences, opening square brackets can never appear in the text of a definition.
The standard QWERTY keyboard makes square brackets easier to type than parentheses, which is pretty silly considering how much more common parentheses are.
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Square Brackets 

The thing used to link other words with
You can use the square brackets to link other words. For example, booty will become booty.
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All square brackets 

When you type every word in square brackets
Person: "Everything I'm typing is in All square brackets, even the comma and colon and period and quotations."

Square Brackets 

The thing that links words within the square brackets

square brackets 

a key on the keyboard that the Urban Dictionary HATES
In the boxes below, link to other words with square brackets. For example, booty will become booty.

The thing that links words within the square brackets 

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The thing that links words within the square brackets is used to lead you into a different definition and stuff
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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