What is the name of this symbol: ~?

Question

What is it used for? What does it mean?

Answer 1

Colloquial usage
Tilde has a rare colloquial usage in the United Kingdom where it can be used to denote sleazy, sordid, or otherwise base behaviour in written form. An example of this would be, "I gave her some real ~~~ and she put out on the spot."[citation needed]

Tilde is also an often used symbol in order to stress an argument. "I rule!~~" This probably came from accidental transposition of the tilde and the exclamation point (!) which resides next to it on the US keyboard layout, and several others.

In electronic communication (email, text, sms) the tilde can be taken to mean approximately. Example "~50%" can be used to express "approximately 50 percent".

In many instances (some Asian image boards and lately the anime fandom) the tilde is used to make a word or phrase look cute, more feminine or pleasant. "Hello~~" Some theorize that it came from the above "typo" etymology, but another theory is that it derives from a similar looking character used in Japanese to lengthen vowels. Another theory for its use is it emoticonal resemblence to a pair of smiling, shut eyes with eyelashes.

The tilde is also used in some comic books or other writings to extend the sound of the last syllable of a word. Example the phrase "Brian NO!~" would be pronounced "Brian NOOOOOOOOOOO!".

Answer 2

Its called a tilde. Google the word and you will see in wikipedia the actual symbol. The accent is `.

Answer 3

There's a girl who said it is a tilde, but it is not, the tilde is the mark that goes over the vowels for instance, á, that particular symbol is known in spanish as a virgolito, it goes over the ñ character, I think it means something in math, but I am not aware.

Answer 4

It is a tilde which is sometimes above the letter "n" in Spanish. It changes the way that you pronounce the word (i.e. the word the tilde is in...not the way you pronounce "tilde.")

It also in used in URLs or other internet related items. In that case, I'm not sure what it does mean.

Answer 5

It's called a Tilde. Usually used in programming.

Answer 6

tilde
In math, it means approximately.
In some languages it is used as a diacritic (symbol over a letter) to indicate a change in pronunciation.

Answer 7

Two of them parallel to one another would be approximately or similar to. One over a letter denotes a foreign pronunciation of that letter as an in Spanish words where the /n/ is sometimes pronounced /nya/.

Answer 8

Tilde. HAHA! Go figure.

A diacritical mark ( ~ ) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate the palatal nasal sound (ny), as in cañon, or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization, as in lã, pão.

Answer 9

i think it is approximately

if u don't know more about anything
ucan use this symbol

Answer 10

it's called a tilde, and i'm not exactly sure how it is used