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lovelylad | 11:53 Tue 12th Feb 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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What IS a shebang, then?
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It means the whole thing...everything under consideration...but god alone knows what the etymology is.
12:54 Tue 12th Feb 2002
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A shebang was originally a type of hut, although how "the whole shebang" was derived from this is uncertain. Interestingly, the first attested use of the expression is in a letter written by Mark Twain.
17:57 Tue 12th Feb 2002

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