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The at symbol (or @) on your keyboard is made by pressing the Shift key and the number 2 at the same time.

Real Life Usage

These are examples of where the at sign is used in real life.

Twitter, the usernames are always followed by @.
IRC, in some IRC networks, your nick name is followed by @.
Email addresses, the @ symbol is commonly used in email address formatting.
Emoticons, sometimes the @ symbol is used in emoticons, such as @_@. Hackers think they're cool for using these.
Insults, sometimes used when calling somebody a tw@ (twat), which is a slang for a vagina.
Replying, this is frequently used when replying to someone, either on a forum, or some other messageboard site that doesn't have a quoting system. For example, somebody might say @shitposter... and then write their message.
Laziness, some people might use this because they're simply too lazy to type the full two-letter word.

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-"@"is a symbol on your keyboard made by doing this:
+The '''at symbol''' (or '''@''') on your keyboard is made by pressing the '''Shift key''' and the '''number 2''' at the same time.
-<font face="Geneva" color="maroon" size="65">'''SHIFT + 2'''</font><br>
-Used to denote the word "at", @ has also proved useful in thwarting wordfilters in order to call someone a tw@. Also [[R@ygold]]
-'''@''' is also a [[meme]] invented by [[scientists]] @[[twitter|shitter]] as a means of replying to somebody's [[shitpost]] on [[snca|pressing and urgent business]].
+==Real Life Usage==
+These are examples of where the at sign is used in real life.
+*'''[[Twitter]]''', the usernames are always followed by @.
+*'''[[IRC]]''', in some IRC networks, your nick name is followed by @.
+*'''Email addresses''', the @ symbol is commonly used in email address formatting.
+*'''[[Emoticons]]''', sometimes the @ symbol is used in emoticons, such as '''@_@'''. [[Hackers]] think they're cool for using these.
+*'''Insults''', sometimes used when calling somebody a [[Grand Theft Auto|tw@]] (''twat''), which is a slang for a [[vagina]].
+*'''Replying''', this is frequently used when replying to someone, either on a forum, or some other [[4chan|messageboard site]] that doesn't have a quoting system. For example, somebody might say ''@shitposter...'' and then write their message.
+*'''Laziness''', some people might use this because they're simply too [[lazy]] to type the full two-letter word.
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