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Interrobang

This article is about the typographical symbol. For other uses, see Interrobang (disambiguation).
"!?" and "?!" redirect here. For chess signs, see Chess annotation symbols.

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Interrobang
In UnicodeU+203D ‽ INTERROBANG
U+2E18 ⸘ INVERTED INTERROBANG
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The interrobang (/ɪnˈtɛrəbæŋ/),[1] also known as the interabang[2] ‽ (often represented by any of the following: ?!, !?, ?!?,?!!, !?? or !?!), is an unconventional punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also known as the interrogative point)[3] and the exclamation mark (also known in the jargon of printers and programmers as a "bang"). The glyph is a ligature of these two marks[4] and was first proposed in 1962 by Martin K. Speckter.[5]

  1. ^ "Interrobang". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.
  2. ^ "interabang". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). November 1, 2011. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  3. ^ Mandeville, Henry (1851). A Course of Reading for Common Schools and the Lower Classes of Academies. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Gleckler, Arthur. "The Jargon File". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  5. ^ "Martin K. Speckter, 73, Creator of Interrobang". The New York Times. February 16, 1988. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2017.

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