словоерс

Etymology
From the words from a rote memorization exercise in school spelling classes;  and  were the old names of the Cyrillic letters с and ъ respectively. Compare to the English ampersand.

Noun

 * 1)  "slovoyers", ironical term for the honorific Russian suffix  (an abbreviated form of, or ) that was formerly used to emphasize the speaker’s politeness or servility before a person of higher social status.