^W

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Translingual

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Symbol

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^W

  1. (computing) The ASCII control character end of transmission block in caret notation.

English

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Etymology

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From the visual representation of the terminal encoding of the keypress Ctrl-W, the "delete back to whitespace" command in GNU readline, which is commonly available in GNU shells and other command-line utilities.

Interjection

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^W

  1. (Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last word.
    Yeah, he's a real jerk^W civility-challenged fellow.
    Well, Mimi, you’re old enough that you should go to parties now, so this should be your last year to tickle feet^W^W trick-or-treat.

Usage notes

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  • This may be repeated to indicate the deletion of multiple words.
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