What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?
What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?
Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.
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Interrobang.
It's this thing: ‽
More people should use the symbol because it looks cool and has a badass name, so for that you need to know what it's called.
Who's with me‽
62 1 ReplyInterrobang sounds like something from a porno about police work.
“Did you question the suspect?”
“Yeah, Chief, we interrobanged him and got the info.”
38 0 ReplyQuestioning a bang.
My quick and dirty interrobang with her revealed to me how empty inside I was, unlike the outhouse we were in.
5 0 ReplyHey, it's me, your suspect. I've got more info, step it up with the interrobanging, will ya?
11 0 ReplyOr a fully themed, punctuation inspire flick. Named "character" to let you fill in the blanks.
Char 1: Well what do you think Mark?
Char 2: Are you sure she can handle it, Point?
Char 1: Its time we've shown
Char 2: our true power...
Together: As Interrobang!
Char 3: No wait, I've got my per....
.... OK it needs to be reworked, but you get the idea.
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While I like the concept, I can't help but prefer '!?' or '?!'. There's more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.
26 0 ReplyYeah, but you aren't proper if you're using more than one piece of punctuation at the end of your sentence. Them's the rules.
Unless...
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Only if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
16 0 Reply"Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes"
Lol I love it
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I made
AltGr + /
type an interrobang so I'd always have access to it4 0 ReplyHow do I start?
2 0 ReplyI set up an auto replace on my phone so when I type ?! It’ll switch it to ‽ for me.
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