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shebang

The origin and history of shebang.

Etymology

Origin unclear — the word surfaces in 1850s America meaning a shelter or ramshackle building, likely influenced by "shebeen" (an unlicensed Irish drinking house); the computing sense is unrelated and much later.

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Etymology from freedict-original, original.