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Another available option is the "~," which protects a motor coach against the effects of sun and weather--Real estate ad
Evidently it's a sort of awning for a patio or carport, and is often aluminum. In spite of the caps apparently it's not an active trademark but has been largely genericized
Can anyone confirm--Thanks kindly
Edited to use init caps
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where do you buy a tilde large enough to cover a(n) RV?
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And how can you tell whether the tilde is capitalized or not?
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If it's big enough to cover an RV it'd better be capitalized.
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Wanted: Editors for Urban Dictionary, (and assorted other on line dictionaries)
Salary: NONE Use your time, your computer, your High Speed access or dial up minutes to contribute to a project your not really interested in.
Benefits: you get to use your "~" on the computer.
Fringe benefits: you'll have more time to devote to project as progress, since you'll alienate new people you meet, at the same time you alienate old friends and relatives.
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Thanks all, and forgive me for bubbling this back up, but has anyone actually heard the expr or better yet can cite a definitive link without necessarily performing a tedious Gsearch
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never heard it. with or without a tilde.
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TEd: Thank you for that lnk. However, I had hop[ed to elicit responses having a wider range of meaning. So far, I am rapidly concluding that the expr is yet too obscure to count as a neologism
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Forgive me for once more bubbling this one back up, I won't make it a habit, but by chance in the meantime might somebody have encountered a more definitive link
Thans all once again
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