Interrobang (noun)
in-ter-a-bang
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.
1965–70, Americanism;interro(gation point) + bang1, printers’ slang for an exclamation point
Example sentences
“She ended the sentence with an interrobang, hoping it would convey her surprise.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
