Editing Interrobang (section)

{{Short description|Combined question mark and exclamation mark}}
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{{Infobox symbol|mark=‽ ⸘
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The '''interrobang''' ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|n|ˈ|t|ɛr|ə|b|æ|ŋ}}),{{refn|{{MerriamWebsterDictionary|Interrobang}}}} also known as the '''interabang'''<ref name="interrobang">{{cite web | url=http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=interabang | title=interabang | work=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language|edition=5th| date=November 1, 2011 | access-date=June 14, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114175941/http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=interabang | archive-date=November 14, 2012 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> {{char|'''‽'''}} (sometimes rendered as '''?!''', '''!?''', '''?!?''', '''?!!''', '''!??''', or '''!?!'''), is an unconventional [[punctuation mark]] intended to combine the functions of the [[question mark]] (also known as the interrogative point)<ref name="A course of reading for common schools and the lower classes of academies">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4t4NAQAAMAAJ&q=%22interrogative+point%22&pg=PA44 | title=A Course of Reading for Common Schools and the Lower Classes of Academies | date=1851 | access-date=November 22, 2013 | last=Mandeville | first=Henry | archive-date=September 15, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915031227/https://books.google.com/books?id=4t4NAQAAMAAJ&q=%22interrogative+point%22&pg=PA44 | url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[exclamation mark]] (also known in the jargon of printers and programmers as a "bang").{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} The glyph is a [[Ligature (writing)|ligature]] of these two marks<ref>{{cite web|last=Gleckler|first=Arthur|title=The Jargon File|url=http://speechcode.com/jargon/jargon.info.Top.html|access-date=December 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426091238/http://speechcode.com/jargon/jargon.info.Top.html|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and was first proposed in 1962 by Martin K. Speckter.<ref name="NYT1988">{{cite news |title=Martin K. Speckter, 73, Creator of Interrobang |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/16/obituaries/martin-k-speckter-73-creator-of-interrobang.html |work=The New York Times |date=16 February 1988 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |archive-date=March 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320015031/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/16/obituaries/martin-k-speckter-73-creator-of-interrobang.html |url-status=live }}</ref>