We were discussing a software bug and somebody mentioned "vertical pipe" and I thought, "Then it should be called 'bong'". It took several days after that, but I eventually settled on my new names for all of the ASCII punctuation marks: 

! bang    | bong    @ bung    & dung
$ bling   ^ sting   < bring   > brung
( sling   ) slung   [ cling   ] clung
{ fling   } flung   : sing    ; sung
" string  ' strong  ` strang  ~ swing
= rung    ? rang    . ding    , dang
/ slash   \ sash    - dash    _ lash
# bash    * splash  % rash    + crash

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Each is mnemonic but I'll leave divining etymologies as an exercise; some of them might be entertaining to realize (some I find entertaining while obvious, YMMV).

- tye        

In reply to Almost 28 new names for 32 old marks by tye

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