It's because tilde expansion happens before other expansions - http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_06 …
Is that a property of how it's specified or an implementation bug in particular shells?
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Ah, so it's a bug in the spec. Bleh. So there are other reasons to disallow wacky usernames/homedir names.
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