What does * Before a word mean?

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Asterisk. Meaning: Youre afraid the person isnt as cool as you. The main reason people use asterisks in a text is to censor a word, for example: I like deep-fried sandwiches so my friends call me the C*** of Monte Cristo.

Q: What does it mean to put an A before a word?

Updated on September 22, 2019. A and an are indefinite articles that precede nouns or the adjectives modifying nouns. In English grammar, a and an are determiners, meaning they specify the identity or quantity of something, and for both words, that quantity is one—the word from which theyre derived.

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What does it mean to put an A before a word?

One of my friends is an internet geek.

Every now and then, when he's in a mean mood he will put a # infront of a word...

for example the last time he used it was 'would you like some cheese to go with that #wine'

He won't tell me what it means, just that I'm not 1337 (leet).

Anyone here able to shed any light?

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I am guessing from the context but is it an "ahem"?
as in mmmm this is lovely, ahem, wine you have - ie the wine is shit.
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I would imagine he was using #wine as an insult so it probably is used to demonstrate the intent to use a different spelling than the one actually used-wine instead of Whine.
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All I know is it means that word is commented out.

But as he's not writing Perl/csh/Python, I'd say it can only mean one other thing - he's a dick.
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no idea. And now I feel old!
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Google gave me this, fwiw:

That Mysterious # sign in Twitter…What Does it Mean?
By kristinewirth | Jul 28, 2008I’ve recently started using Twitter a lot [...] and would sometimes see people who post a tweet using a hash symbol (#) before a few words…I never gave it much thought until another person on Twitter wondered what the hash symbol (#) meant.
Since I had seen it as well, I too got curious and so decided to do a little investigation…here’s what I found…
The hash mark (#) before a word in a post allows you to tag that post for that word. However, in order to get tracked via a hash tag, you need to opt-in and follow http://twitter.com/hashtags. Once you’re following Hashtags, every time you make a post in Twitter and tag it with a hash mark like so: #iPhone, it will then show up as a real-time post on http://www.Hashtags.org.
If you then visit Hashtags.org, you can click on any tag and it will show you all of the posts that have been tagged with that keyword.
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LOL he does it to wind me up, I know you can use it in certain lanugages to mark out comments and that it's used before a hex code for colours etc
But I'm assuming there is some slang meaning as well. I've tried urban dictionary which offers various uses for slang but none which would fit in any of the context he's ever used it....
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Yes I'm on twitter, but it's not making it a keyword for that sadly....
I'm begining to think he has done it to wind me up, knowing no matter how much I google it, it will never be found! :-P
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Yes I'm on twitter, but it's not making it a keyword for that sadly....
I'm begining to think he has done it to wind me up, knowing no matter how much I google it, it will never be found! :-P
does he look like one of the chaps from the IT Crowd?
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Maybe it's not a hash sign at all then, but a musical 'sharp'. He's telling you his voice is going up a bit when he types certain words.
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Yes I'm on twitter, but it's not making it a keyword for that sadly....
I'm begining to think he has done it to wind me up, knowing no matter how much I google it, it will never be found! :-P
think this is right....
I would imagine he was using #wine as an insult so it probably is used to demonstrate the intent to use a different spelling than the one actually used-wine instead of Whine.
because # is leet for H and remember sad tinternet geeks do spell things wrong on purpose. teh - being one.
think about it, were you actually winging when your friend made the comment or were you actually talking about wine?
Your friend is a bit sad and deluding himself he is elite by not explaining it to you.
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^^^ Crikey, rage much?
Maybe even an IRC channel reference?
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^^^ Crikey, rage much?
Maybe even an IRC channel reference?
I thought about IRC, but then I decided against hit.... suggesting a word is a channel isn't really in the context either.... Thinking about it more and the txts hes replying with, I'm certain he's winding me up! :rolleyes:
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As stated above - it means number - if it's put before a letter, the person using it generally doesn't know what it means either
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Maybe it's not a hash sign at all then, but a musical 'sharp'. He's telling you his voice is going up a bit when he types certain words.

Noooo - a sharp is a different symbol!
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Noooo - a sharp is a different symbol!

Well, there might be an official way to get it using alt + somefancycode, but the hash sign's close enough for me.
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I've never encountered its use other than to denote a number.

#9 Dream for example.
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One of my friends is an internet geek.
Every now and then, when he's in a mean mood he will put a # infront of a word...
for example the last time he used it was 'would you like some cheese to go with that #wine'
He won't tell me what it means, just that I'm not 1337 (leet).
Anyone here able to shed any light?

Just reply back to him with "you are a ~tw @at"
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Can people who use 1337 be considered in the same way as BMW drivers?
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As stated above - it means number - if it's put before a letter, the person using it generally doesn't know what it means either
Yes, one meaning of it is number, but there are many other uses of # other than to denote a number. Some have been mentioned already in the very thread.
I'm not sure what context your friend is using it in, but if it's in something like twitter, yammer or a blogging system then it's usually just hash-tagging. I know someone who does this even in email through habit! lol

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sorry op, I have no #idea what it means
seriously, just start doing it back to him

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I don't have a hash key on my keyboard
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I don't have a hash key on my keyboard
keep it copy pasted in a notedpad, haha.
what keyboard doesn't have a # key?
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keep it copy pasted in a notedpad, haha.
what keyboard doesn't have a # key?

A mac one.
There's a one for it in the fonts thing but not one on the keyboard.
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One of my friends is an internet geek.
Every now and then, when he's in a mean mood he will put a # infront of a word...
for example the last time he used it was 'would you like some cheese to go with that #wine'
He won't tell me what it means, just that I'm not 1337 (leet).
Anyone here able to shed any light?
In leet # can be used as an 'H' or phoenetically as the sound 'sh'. He's probably just calling you a swine, or hinting to stop moaning :cool:
y0ur fr13nd 1s 4 m|_|pp37 r34lly
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What does * mean after a word?

Typically, an asterisk is placed after a word or sentence that has a footnote attached. Footnotes can have many different uses, such as providing a citation or giving additional context.

What does an asterisk mean at the end of a text message?

Asterisk. Meaning: You're afraid the person isn't as cool as you. The main reason people use asterisks in a text is to censor a word, for example: "I like deep-fried sandwiches so my friends call me the C*** of Monte Cristo.

What does a mean after a word?

Grammar. Apostrophe (') We sometimes connect two words to make one shorter word. We use an apostrophe to show that we have left out one or more letters: …

What does it mean to put an A before a word?

Updated on September 22, 2019. "A" and "an" are indefinite articles that precede nouns or the adjectives modifying nouns. In English grammar, "a" and "an" are determiners, meaning they specify the identity or quantity of something, and for both words, that quantity is "one"—the word from which they're derived.