A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
Tilde
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The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, inSpanish words [thus, ñ, l], indicating that, in pronunciation, thesound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of theinitial, or consonantal, y.
Tilde meaning & definition 1 of Tilde.
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Sometimes used when IMing or on forums to denote trailing off or accentuating the final syllable of a word.
Note the use of extra letters preceding the tilde to complete the effect.Tilde meaning & definition 2 of Tilde.
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The character ~ is colloquially used in written form in some areas of the UK to denote [sleazy], [sordid], or otherwise base behaviour.
~ can also cover flirtatious behaviour with the opposite sex: you are never ~ with the same sex.
An ability to ~ is generally viewed as being a positive personality trait, unless it is used on a friend's mother, grandmother, or domestic animal. Being ~ to a friend's sister is usually acceptable.
The vast majority of the world's virgins, comic book fanatics, computer scientists, and train spotters wish they had some ~.Tilde meaning & definition 3 of Tilde.
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A very positive general exclamation. Derived from the tilde (~) character on a computer keyboard. In Internet culture, the appearance of tildes have come to connote strong reactions of happiness or approval. It stems from young computer users in highly excited states having a tendency to miss the exclamation point (!) key while typing, resulting in tildes becoming mixed with exclamation points in their writings.
Tilde meaning & definition 4 of Tilde.
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A curved line, used over N in Spanish for the palatal nasal (the middle sound of canyon and onion), or nasal vowels in Portuguese (like in the city name São Paolo). 2) The character ~ (Shift-GraveAccent on a typical PC keyboard), used to similate smoke emanating from an [ASCII] cigarette: <//////*~~~~~
Tilde meaning & definition 5 of Tilde.
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An accent (~) placed over Spanish n when pronounced ny (as in señor) or Portuguese a or o when nasalized (as in São Paulo), or over a vowel in phonetic transcription, indicating nasalization.
Tilde meaning & definition 6 of Tilde.