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Eta, those were quotes, the tilde (~) subbing for "beamage". Sorry for the confusion. I guess the practice is not so generaly known as I had supposed



ah, I have never seen that usage before.

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PS: What does it mean to scab on one's toot (I collect slang)



I just made it up.
scab - to denigrate
toot - what someone says (or writes) "toot my own horn"


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