Corroded to [email protected]English • 9 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square116fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1154arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to [email protected]English • 9 hours agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKushanlinkfedilinkEnglish49•8 hours agoInterrobang. It’s this thing: ‽ More people should use the symbol because it looks cool and has a badass name, so for that you need to know what it’s called. Who’s with me‽
minus-squareDrSleeplesslinkfedilinkEnglish30•8 hours agoInterrobang sounds like something from a porno about police work. “Did you question the suspect?” “Yeah, Chief, we interrobanged him and got the info.”
minus-squarelattrommilinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 hours agoQuestioning a bang. My quick and dirty interrobang with her revealed to me how empty inside I was, unlike the outhouse we were in.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 hours agoOr a fully themed, punctuation inspire flick. Named “character” to let you fill in the blanks. Char 1: Well what do you think Mark? Char 2: Are you sure she can handle it, Point? Char 1: Its time we’ve shown Char 2: our true power… Together: As Interrobang! Char 3: No wait, I’ve got my per… … OK it needs to be reworked, but you get the idea.
minus-squareThassodarlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 hours agoHey, it’s me, your suspect. I’ve got more info, step it up with the interrobanging, will ya?
minus-squaremoonlightlinkfedilink24•7 hours agoWhile I like the concept, I can’t help but prefer ‘!?’ or ‘?!’. There’s more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•7 hours agoOnly if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•4 hours ago“Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes” Lol I love it
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 hours agoI set up an auto replace on my phone so when I type ?! It’ll switch it to ‽ for me.
minus-squareSkualinkfedilink3•7 hours agoI made AltGr + / type an interrobang so I’d always have access to it
Interrobang.
It’s this thing: ‽
More people should use the symbol because it looks cool and has a badass name, so for that you need to know what it’s called.
Who’s with me‽
Interrobang sounds like something from a porno about police work.
“Did you question the suspect?”
“Yeah, Chief, we interrobanged him and got the info.”
Questioning a bang.
My quick and dirty interrobang with her revealed to me how empty inside I was, unlike the outhouse we were in.
Or a fully themed, punctuation inspire flick. Named “character” to let you fill in the blanks.
Char 1: Well what do you think Mark?
Char 2: Are you sure she can handle it, Point?
Char 1: Its time we’ve shown
Char 2: our true power…
Together: As Interrobang!
Char 3: No wait, I’ve got my per…
… OK it needs to be reworked, but you get the idea.
Hey, it’s me, your suspect. I’ve got more info, step it up with the interrobanging, will ya?
While I like the concept, I can’t help but prefer ‘!?’ or ‘?!’. There’s more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.
Only if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
“Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes”
Lol I love it
How do I start?
I set up an auto replace on my phone so when I type ?! It’ll switch it to ‽ for me.
I made
AltGr + /type an interrobang so I’d always have access to it