interrobang

noun in·ter·ro·bang \in-ˈter-ə-ˌbaŋ\

Definition of INTERROBANG

: a punctuation mark ‽ designed for use especially at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question

interrogation (point) + bang (printers' slang for exclamation point)

First Known Use: 1967

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