A fitting and catchy phrase for the {*} syntax element, used to indicate the {expand} functionality.
From the same thread:
On the {*} page, JMN suggests:
Since I asked the question and wondering now, why this seems to be an unsolved problem: My stk two suggestions are:
slebetman: Why not the most obvious: the expansion operator.
AM Too prozaic :) I suggest: accolade. My reasons: the sign { is called an accolade in Dutch, but more importantly the word of old is the name of some intricate dance from the French court, elegant yet complicated.