interrobang

or in·ter·a·bang

[ in-ter-uh-bang ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interrobang¹

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