~
tilde, a.k.a. the scribbly line
(pronounced: till-da)
In online usage, this scribbly horizontal line used to signify an individual user's Web site that is housed on the server of an ISP, but it has largely been replace with /user/ folder. For example, it used to say http://www.well.com/~silly but now it says http://www.well.com/user/silly
The tilde also means "at" or "around" or "approximately" as in "Let's meet in front of the restaurant ~7pm." You will also see it used in smileys ;-)~
See also : /
NetLingo Classification: Symbols
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