paamayim nekudotayim

Meaning

Noun

The scope resolution operator :: in the PHP programming language.

Origin

From Hebrew פעמיים נקודתיים; introduced in the Israeli-developed Zend Engine 0.5 used in PHP 3. The correct word should be nekudatayim, but Israelis commonly say the word with this mistake.

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