Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·5 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-squarealexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 hours agoOnly if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 hour ago“Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes” Lol I love it
minus-squareDrSleepless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 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-squarelattrommi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 minutes 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-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 minutes 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-squareThassodar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 hours agoHey, it’s me, your suspect. I’ve got more info, step it up with the interrobanging, will ya?
minus-squaremoonlight@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 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-squarePaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoI set up an auto replace on my phone so when I type ?! It’ll switch it to ‽ for me.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 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‽
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
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.
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