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Word joiner

Okay kiddo, so imagine you're writing a really big word like "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". Sometimes when computers or phones show that word, they might break it into smaller pieces so it fits better on the screen. But sometimes it's important to keep the big word all together. That's where the word joiner comes in!

Basically, it's a special character that tells the computer to keep certain words together as one big word. So if you wanted to make sure "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" stayed all together, you could put a word joiner between each part of the word, like this: "s\u2060u\u2060p\u2060e\u2060r\u2060c\u2060a\u2060l\u2060i\u2060f\u2060r\u2060a\u2060g\u2060i\u2060l\u2060i\u2060s\u2060t\u2060i\u2060c\u2060e\u2060x\u2060p\u2060i\u2060a\u2060l\u2060i\u2060d\u2060o\u2060c\u2060i\u2060o\u2060u\u2060s".

It's kind of like putting glue between each little piece of the word to make sure they stick together! This is helpful in languages like Arabic or Hebrew, where some letters change their shape depending on their position in a word. The word joiner can make sure the right shape is used for all the letters, even if the word is split up on a screen.

So basically, the word joiner is a tiny little magical piece of code that keeps big words all together and looking their best!
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