Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
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To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
A cut of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
A meal consisting of roast foods.
Having been cooked by roasting.
Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized.
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
To admonish someone vigorously.
To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.