Question

I would like to use my own symbol instead of $() or jquery(). Is it possible? I strongly feel NO.

Answer 1

Of course it’s possible. You can just assign the jQuery object (or the $ object – they reference the same thing) to a new identifier:

var myNewName = jQuery;

You can then use that just as you would currently use jQuery or $:

var elems = myNewName(".someClass");

Note that this will not relinquish jQuery’s control of the $ variable. To do that (e.g. if you’re using another library such as PrototypeJS that uses the $ identifier itself), you can use the the jQuery.noConflict() method as shown in other answers.