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Octothorpe vs Ew - What's the difference?

octothorpe | ew |

As a noun octothorpe

is (chiefly|us) the hash or square symbol (), used mainly in telephony and computing.

As a interjection ew is

expression of disgust or nausea.

octothorpe

English

Alternative forms

* octothorp

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) The hash or square symbol (), used mainly in telephony and computing
  • * 1982 , Willard R. Espy, A Children's Almanac of Words at Play , Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., page 230
    • Octothorp is the
  • on a push-button telephone. Rumor at the telephone company is that a man named Charles B. Octothorp, wanting to make his name famous...
  • * 2004 , Andrew Pitonyak, Openoffice.Org Macros Explained , Hentzenwerke, page 139
    • Strings are enclosed in double quotation marks, numbers are not enclosed in anything, and dates and Boolean values are enclosed between octothorpe (
  • ) characters.

    • Synonyms

    * hash, octothorn, pound sign, number sign, hashtag, tic-tac-toe sign, naughts and crosses sign/symbol

    See also

    *

    External links

    * (Number sign)

    ew

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eww * euw * ieuw * ehw

    Interjection

    (en-interj) (with as many extra ‘e’s and/or ‘w’s as needed for emphasis )
  • Expression of disgust or nausea.
    • Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.
    Eww! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!

    See also

    * ugh * yuck

    Anagrams

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