English

Symbol

-@

1. (text messaging) Replacing the sounding /æt/ on any word that has this pronunciation or similar.

   e.g. d@ (that), c@ (cat), @end (attend), b@ (bat), f@ (fat), h@ (hat)

2. Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a; by extension sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by ending in -o vs -a.

   e.g. Chican@, Filipin@, Latin@, Mestiz@; Kosov@; Pin@y

See also

• -x
• @

Portuguese

Suffix

-@ ‎(plural -@s)

1. (leftist slang) gender-neutral desinence, replacing -o and -a