Klammeraffe

From klammern (“to cling”) +‎ Affe (“monkey”). In the informal sense “stapler”, perhaps reanalysed as Klammer (“staple”) +‎ Affe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.mɐ.ˌʔa.fə/

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• Hyphenation: Klam‧mer‧af‧fe

Klammeraffe m (weak, genitive Klammeraffen, plural Klammeraffen)

1. spider monkey (Ateles)
2. (humorous) stapler (device which binds together sheets of paper)
3. (somewhat dated, colloquial, Internet) at sign (@)

   Synonym: at

   • 2000, Josef Haslinger, Das Vaterspiel, S. Fischer, →ISBN, page 12:

     Hast du eine E-Mail-Adresse? R wie Rupert, dann Kramer, aber ohne Punkt dazwischen, dann der Klammeraffe, dann Vienna, Punkt, at.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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