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Aug. 2, 2014
Word of the Day

interrobang Audio Pronunciation
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\in-TER-uh-bang\
noun
1. a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. Also, interabang.
Quotes
Popular as it was with writers and admen, the interr... See full quote
-- Keith Houston, Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks, 2013
Origin
Interrobang is an Americanism from the mid-1960s. It is a ble... See full origin
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