interrobang

American  

[in-ter-uh-bang] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌbæŋ /

Or interabang

noun

1. a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Etymology

Origin of interrobang

1965–70, interro(gation point) + bang ¹, printers' slang for an exclamation point

Example Sentences

Farrell is a glittering bauble of a man, an architecture-loving manic-pixie dreamboat, a walking interrobang, but he’ll never be more captivating than his creator and, by extension, his creator’s stand-in.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

If Crystal had his druthers, he’d popularize the interrobang, a combination of question mark and exclamation point:‽.

From Time • Oct. 23, 2015

The interrobang: A combination exclamation point and question mark, the interrobang is a singular way to express an emphatic question.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2014

And one might even get crazy and use the interrobang for variety’s sake, which is the Siamese twin of an exclamation mark and question mark.

From Time • Jul. 2, 2014