1 Symbols

Symbol	psyTeachR Term	Also Known As
()	(round) brackets	parentheses
[]	square brackets	brackets
{}	curly brackets	squiggly brackets
<>	chevrons	angled brackets / guillemets
<	less than
>	greater than
&	ampersand	"and" symbol
#	hash	pound / octothorpe
/	slash	forward slash
\	backslash
-	dash	hyphen / minus
_	underscore
*	asterisk	star
^	caret	power symbol
~	tilde	twiddle / squiggle
=	equal sign
==	double equal sign
.	full stop	period / point
!	exclamation mark	bang / not
?	question mark
'	single quote	quote / apostrophe
"	double quote	quote
%>%	pipe	magrittr pipe
|	vertical bar	pipe
,	comma
;	semi-colon
:	colon
@	"at" symbol	various hilarious regional terms
...	ellipsis	dots

Figure 1.1: Image by James Chapman/Soundimals