On Friday, April 21, 2017, Ron Natalie &lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;ron@ronnatalie.com&#39;);" target="_blank">ron@ronnatalie.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Shebang is very old.   Earliest uses are around 1862 according to the OED.    It&#39;s listed as American Slang of obscure origin.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Most of us are probably familiar with the word, but it is more interesting when and why it was first used in the context of &#39;#!&#39;.  It seems Dennis did not use that term in the beginning.</div><div><br></div><div>--Andy</div>