xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

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On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM HenHanna via Python-list <
python-list at python.org> wrote:

> Johanne Fairchild wrote:
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> > HenHanna <HenHanna at devnull.tb> writes:
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> >> https://xkcd.com/1306/
> >>                          what does  SIGIL   mean?
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> >   A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable
> >   name, such as $, @, and %.
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> >   Source:   https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil
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> >   Sigil is noun. Definitions:
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> >   A seal; a signet.
> >   A sign or an image considered magical.
> >   A seal; a signature.
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> >   Source:      The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
> Language, 5th Edition.
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> omg...    Sigil  is a real word???
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> The word "sigil" comes from the Latin term "sigillum," which means "little
> sign."  This Latin root is also the source of our English word "seal,"
> making "sigil" and "seal" doublets.
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>   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigil
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I understand "sigil" as referring to symbols occultists make up and use to
aid in their magick.