"turbofish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɝboʊˌfɪʃ/ [General-American] Forms: turbofishes [plural]
Etymology: turbo- + fish; coined by Anna Harren in 2015, originally in jest, later adopted by official documentation. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|turbo-|fish}} turbo- + fish, {{coinage|en|Anna Harren|in=2015|nobycat=1|nocap=1|w=-}} coined by Anna Harren in 2015 Head templates: {{en-noun}} turbofish (plural turbofishes)
  1. (programming) A syntactic element in Rust, ::<>, with arguments between < and >, that specifies the generic arguments of a function in an expression. Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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