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interrobang

in·ter·ro·bang [ in térrə bàng ] (plural in·ter·ro·bangs) or in·ter·a·bang [ in térrə bàng ] (plural in·ter·a·bangs)


noun 
Definition:
 
punctuation indicating emphatic disbelief: a punctuation mark in the form of a question mark over the top of an exclamation point. It is used at the end of, or sometimes in place of, an utterance that is both question and exclamation, especially to indicate an emphatic rhetorical question or disbelief.

[Mid-20th century. Blend of interrogation point + bang1 (printers' slang for an exclamation point)]
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