The Lexicon of Cultural Folly
Because poetry is language made strange.
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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.
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