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? That's usually a reference to British soldiers especially during the musket era. What's it mean here?
The squiggly line that spell check draws ~~Uber~~ under misspelled words
It draws under words usually, not über them
it's a joke that a lot of people copyedit or mark students' work in red pen, a pun on the thin X line, a(n arguably risible) belief that those in a particular uniform are the only thing keeping society intact.