Word or Expression?

[CajunCenturion]

In the irritating words and expressions thread, I offered ">." as an irritating "word"; one that has probably irritated every Tek-Tipster at one time or another. It was brought up that perhaps it should be classified as an expression rather than a word.

I guess that all depends on how you define 'word' and how you define 'expression'.

There is no right or wrong answer, but would you classify ">." as a 'word', or as an 'expression', and more to the point, why?

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[ESquared]

In case you don't know, that duck and the blinking chalice at homestarrunner.com are evocative of the Atari 2600 game Adventure.

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[AnotherHiggins]

OK, now you're just trying to provoke me.

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[IknowMe]

It's obviously a Rebus. Tek-Tips, (nothing) greater period.

Wow, I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.
I think I've forgotten this before.