Why does tilda disappear on typing forward slash in shell?

I recently noticed that on my new PureOS terminal - I am not able to type tilda followed by forward slash. The tilda and the slash disappear! Only if I input a space after tilda, then I am able to input tilda followed by forward slash. I am using bash shell. This is not a problem on Lubuntu, Xubuntu. And I have never seen this kind of issue before. ~/ - Cannot type this sequence unless I input a space in between those two characters. I do not have a .inputrc in my home directory and /etc/inputrc seemed fine. Thank you for any suggestions/solutions.