Showing posts with label punctuation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label punctuation. Show all posts

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Percontation

per-con-ta-tion

noun
1. A question or inquiry which requires more than a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.
Twenty Questions is a game of percontations; a percontation point, however, is punctuation used for irony.

Synonyms: backwards question mark.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Interrobang

In-ter-ro-bang (in-TAIR-uh-bang)

noun
1. a punctuation mark designed for use at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question.
Isn't this cute‽ I can even type it on my computer's keyboard. I put it italics too!

Synonyms: combined question mark and exclamation point.