interrobang

American  

[in-ter-uh-bang, in-ter-oh-] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌbæŋ, ɪnˈtɛr oʊ- /

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

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interrobang

It’s a cute idea, an emphatic, eye-rolling interrobang, but there isn’t any need for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The interrobang of the subtitle is a mashup of the question mark and the exclamation point that a New York ad man tried to popularize in the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

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