Interrobang

//ɪnˈtɛ.ɹəʊˌbæŋ//

Synonyms for "interrobang"

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Catalan

4 entries
  • admirogant noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • exclarogant noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • signe d'admirogació noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • signe d'exclarogació noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 疑問驚嘆號 /疑问惊叹号 noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Dutch

1 entries
  • interrobang noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kridemandosigno noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Estonian

2 entries
  • interrobang noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • küsihüüumärk noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kysymys-huutomerkki noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

French

1 entries
  • point exclarrogatif noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

German

2 entries
  • Fragerufzeichen noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • Interrobang noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אִינְטֶרוֹבָּאנְג noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • סִימָן תְּמִיהָה noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • interrobang noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Irish

1 entries
  • comhartha ceiste uaillbhreasa noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Italian

1 entries
  • punto esclarrogativo noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Japanese

2 entries
  • インテロバング noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • 感嘆修辞疑問符 noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Korean

2 entries
  • 물음느낌표 noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • 인테러뱅 noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • interrobang noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • interrobang noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Russian

2 entries
  • вопроца́тельный знак noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • интерроба́нг noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Spanish

2 entries
  • exclarrogativo noun (the punctuation mark ‽)
  • interrobang noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Swedish

1 entries
  • interrobang noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Welsh

1 entries
  • holnod ebychol noun (the punctuation mark ‽)

Sample sentences

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What on earth is an interrobang‽

Source: tatoeba (5650927)

Has anyone seen an interrobang? It's a newly invented punctuation mark that looks like this: ‽ A question mark with an exclamation point superimposed, it's meant to convey that nuance of feeling—a mixture of query and surprise—that people have in mind when they say "Really?", also meaning "Really!", or "How about that‽" […] The cure for incredibility is not more punctuation, but more plain talk. We don't need symbols like the interrobang that merely express our perpetual disbelief. We need plain words to express plain truths.

Source: wiktionary

The Interrobang is not a font – just a single character. Yet it is so powerful a symbol, and such a flawed and original concept, that it deserves a place alongside the most adventurous typographic innovations of the last century. It is an exclamation mark and a question mark combined, a ligature looping the curve of the interrogation with the downward force of the expletive (which compositors and printers have traditionally called a bang). When they meld, they need only one round point at their base.

Source: wiktionary

Popular as it was with writers and admen, the interrobang faced a struggle for mainstream acceptance. Simulating an interrobang on a typewriter was possible, if clumsy—type "?" and then overstrike it with "!"—but for typesetters creating a printed document, there was no such shortcut. Those advertisements, brochures, and books that actually honored the writer's use of the character had to be set using handcrafted interrobangs, either drawn by an illustrator or sculpted from rubber cement with a razor blade.

Source: wiktionary

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