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gear
n. an asterisk (*).
Why is there a gear after this word?The gear stands for anything you want it to stand for.
mesh
n. a crosshatch or octothorpe, (#).
Put a mesh on each end of your formula.What does the mesh stand for in this equation?
pigpen
n. a crosshatch or octothorpe, (#). (Computers.)
Put a pigpen just after the gear.There is nothing on my printout but a whole string of pigpens.
screamer
n. an exclamation point. (Printing.)
Put a screamer at the end of the line.Clean up this copy. There are too many screamers. Looks like junior high stuff.
shout
n. an exclamation point.
Put a shout at the end of the line. Make this dull story more sexy.This gal uses shouts like they were salt and pepper.
shriek
n. an exclamation point. (Typesetters.)
Where is there a shriek at the end?Take off that shriek. You use too many of those things.
squiggle
n. a wiggly mark.
What does this squiggle mean?That squiggle is my signature.
toke
n. a token.
Yeah. Just a little toke of my approval.Nothing much. Just a toke.
wow
n. an exclamation point.
Put a wow at the end of this sentence.Almost every sentence you write has a wow at the end of it.

status symbol

Something, especially that which is very expensive and flashy, that someone owns and displays as a means of showing of their wealth or success. In this part of the city, expensive sneakers and designer sweatshirts are the real status symbols. Nothing says "status symbol" like a single person buying a 25,000 square foot mansion all for themselves.

status symbol

A position or activity that allows one's social prestige to be displayed, as in She doesn't even drive; that car of hers is purely a status symbol. [Mid-1900s]

a ˈstatus symbol

an expensive possession which shows people that you are rich: These cars are regarded as status symbols in Britain.

status symbol

A possession or privilege that is a mark of one’s social standing. Dating from the mid-twentieth century, this term is often used sarcastically, in effect deriding anyone who relies on status symbols for a sense of worth. The New York Times used it on September 3, 2000, in an article by Geraldine Fabrikant about lawyer Johnnie L. Cochran’s purchasing a private plane: “Mr. Cochran . . . is now hitting the major money leagues as well, and he has the status-symbol issue down pat.”
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