prêt

From French prêts, from French prêt (“ready”).

(fencing) The command to make ready; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".


aller

From French allez, from French aller (“go”).

(fencing) The command to start; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".


The trident of Neptune, the Ancient Roman god of the sea.

– the symbol commonly has barbs on the tines

– orbed variant common in German-language sources alongside ⟨♁⟩ for the Earth and ⟨⛢⟩ for Uranus

so that most of the planetary symbols contain an orb

sometimes with horizontal barbs on the outer tines so that those look like an inverted omega

this form of Neptune's trident was used by Newton as a symbol for bismuth

before the planet Neptune had been discovered. Typefaces that use this form may harmonize it with Jupiter so that it looks like ⟨⟩ reflected on itself.

Ψ

Greek capital letter psi is sometimes used as a typographic substitute.

(military) a common component of naval emblems.


en garde

(fencing) The command to go to starting positions; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêts, allez".


It's 'cause we blowing like a C4 / Got my whole crew blowin' like a C4

2011, “Crew Love”, in Take Care (in English), performed by Drake ft. The Weeknd:

(military) A plastic explosive; see C-4 (explosive).


head

(English name slash or stroke or solidus)

slash (English name)
stroke (English name)
solidus (English name)

The various uses of the present symbol derive from several sources. The medieval virgule (Latin virgula) was an oblique or vertical line that served as a comma, period, and caesura mark and is still used in literary contexts to mark line breaks in verse. (This mark separately developed as the comma ⟨,⟩ and caesura mark ⟨‖⟩ and some senses of the vertical bar ⟨|⟩.) The shilling mark (Latin solidus) was variously written s. or as the long s ſ. This eventually developed into a single unpunctuated slash; its use to separate shillings from pence was sometimes generalized to any currency division. Most mathematical senses derived from the earlier horizontal fraction bar (as in 12, usually attributed to Arabic mathematician al-Hassar), rewritten with a slash by the 18th century to permit fractions to be written on a single line. As a separator and conjunction, it represents an oblique form of the dash ⟨–⟩ or hyphen ⟨-⟩. Its use to mark supposed actions derives from command formatting in online chat forums, while its use to comment on preceding text derives from its use in some programming languages to form closing tags. Its present British name stroke derives from its use in telegraphy; its present American name slash gained wide currency from its use in computing.

Her approval numbers stand at 42/23, meaning she presently has a net favorability of +19 but that a large number of voters remain undecided.

Used in place of a dash or hyphen in several contexts.

(politics) Used to separate percentages for and against or approving and disapproving (always in that order) in poll results.


From English, abbreviation of Group of Seven.

US reputational damage is not confined to Europe. There was dismay among the G7 countries that a joint statement on tackling the pandemic could not be agreed because Trump insisted on calling it the “Wuhan virus” – his crude way of pinning sole blame on China.

2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian (in English):

(economics, politics) The seven economically most important capitalist countries, which are the United States, Japan, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Canada, whose finance ministers meet several times a year to discuss economic policy.


(military) a type of plastique (plastic explosive)


★ (English symbol name star or five-pointed star)

star (English name symbol)
five-pointed star (English name symbol)

Likely from Egyptian 𓇼 (“determinative for stars and constellations”) (image: dwA). However, around the same time in Mesopotamia, non-cuneiform depictions of a star with eight- or six-points are attested; compare Sumerian 𒀭, a cuneiform character descended from such drawings.

der

(military, law enforcement) A badge; an honour.

A mark of excellence.
An award; a certificate.
A badge; an honour.

Indicates something or someone noteworthy, important, special or significant.

(military) Insignia, with more stars indicating a higher, superior or more senior rank or position.


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army corporal or bombardier


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to a British army sergeant


warrant officer class 2
warrant officer class 2

(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to a British army WO 2 or warrant officer class 2


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army lance corporal or lance bombardier


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to a British army staff sergeant


(military) NATO military rank code, intermediate between a British army corporal or sergeant


warrant officer class 1
warrant officer class 1

(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to a British army WO 1 or warrant officer class 1


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army general


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army lieutenant general


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army major general


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army major


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army captain


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army colonel


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army field marshal


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army lieutenant and second lieutenant


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army lieutenant colonel


(military) NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army brigadier


(military) the lowest NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army private recruit.


(military) a low NATO military rank code, equivalent to British army private


(military) A military plastic explosive; see C-4 (explosive)


From 0.223 English inches, the bullet diameter.


From 0.308 English inches, the bullet diameter.


From 5.56 millimetres, the internal diameter, from the top of the lands in the barrel rifling. (the bullet calibre would be 5.664 mm (0.223")).


From 7.62 millimetres, the internal diameter, from the top of the lands in the barrel rifling. (the bullet calibre would be 7.82 mm (0.308")).


(politics) Used to refer the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre that happened on June 4, 1989.


AIN

(IOC country code): From French athlètes individuels neutres (“neutral individual athletes”), from athlète+individuel+neutre

International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee#English

(Olympics, sports, politics) An International Olympic Committee country code for neutral Olympic competitors


Due to the fact that the colors of a watermelon, red (flesh), white (inner rind), black (seeds), and green (outer rind), coincide with those of the Palestinian flag.

(politics) Palestine; the Palestinian flag


From the red triangle in the Palestinian flag, held hoist-up.

(social media, politics) indicates support for Palestine or for Hamas in the ongoing Israel–Hamas war


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Various:
* (punk): Arose in the late 1970s, origin obscure.
* (solidarity): Proposed by the British Twitter user @cheeahs on 26 June 2016 as an object which can be subtly attached to one's clothing to signify being a "safe" ally to those experiencing racism following the United Kingdom's Brexit referendum. After going viral on the platform in the following days, the safety pin became a symbol against worldwide racism as a whole and later any forms of discrimination in general.
* (diaper): Resembles a diaper pin; by extension used as a metonym for babies or childcare in general.
* (sewing): Safety pins are widely applicable to sewing as they can be used to fasten fabrics; by extension, applicable and useful also in arts and crafts.

(politics, neologism) Shows solidarity against discrimination, often in support of a minority, persecuted, vulnerable, marginalised or disadvantaged group, or victims of crimes or hardship in general.

(politics, neologism) Shows support for, and solidarity with, immigrants and immigration.

(chiefly politics, neologism, more generally) Unity.


(metonymically, politics) Elections; voting; polls; consensus.