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The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Various
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, pig-pen; tictactoe; scratchmark; thud; thump; {splat}.

$
Common: dollar; . Rare: currency symbol; buck;
cash; string (from BASIC); escape (when used as the echo of ASCII
ESC); ding; cache; [big money].

%
Common: percent; ; mod; grapes. Rare:
[double-oh-seven].

&
Common: ; amper; and. Rare: address (from C);
reference (from C++); andpersand; bitand; background (from
`sh(1)'); pretzel; amp. [INTERCAL called this `ampersand'; what
could be sillier?]

'
Common: single quote; quote; . Rare: prime; glitch;
tick; irk; pop; [spark]; ; accent>.

( )

Common: l/r paren; l/r parenthesis; left/right; open/close;
paren/thesis; o/c paren; o/c parenthesis; l/r parenthesis; l/r
banana. Rare: so/already; lparen/rparen; parenthesis>; o/c round bracket, l/r round bracket, [wax/wane];
parenthisey/unparenthisey; l/r ear.