ampersat

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ampersat

/ˈæm.pə.sæt/ UK
/ˈæmp.ə.zæt/ UK
/ˈæm.pɚ.sæt/ US
/ˈæmp.ɚ.zæt/ US

noun ampersats

rare The at sign (@). Two weeks ago, Tim Nott asked what the @, the hub of the e-mail address, should be called. […] In the UK, Tim Gowens offered the highly logical "ampersat" and the art historian Frances Marks suggested "Van Gogh's ear".
Similar: atmark, at symbol, commercial at, asperand

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"ampersat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ampersat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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ampersat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ampersat

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"ampersat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ampersat.

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@misc{ampersat_2026,
  title = {ampersat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ampersat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}