+369 The squiggley (~) is so awesome, but no ones knows what to use it for, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's a tilde, and I use it in cheatses for games. :D Yes, yes, we gamers is tricksy peoples.~

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Uguuuuuuuuuuu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^my use

by Anonymous 14 years ago

technically its supposed to mean approximately. like i have ~10 oranges

by Anonymous 14 years ago

this

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Approximately is actually this: ≈ not just this ~

by Anonymous 14 years ago

oh oops you're right! i forgot

by Anonymous 14 years ago

~ means similar to. like in Geometry

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I use it this way. . . Called earlier, you weren't in, call me back ~Mary* *Not my real name

by Anonymous 14 years ago

on wordle when you type it it works as a space

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Like someone said, it's called a tilde. You can use it to mean approximately (as someone else said). I use it in C++ for destructors.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i never knew about it's other uses before. i just use it when i need to type in spanish or portuguese :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Communitychannel made a youtube video about neglected keystrokes and that was one of them. My friend was guilty after watching this, so now she uses ~ all the time.

by Anonymous 13 years ago