INTERROBANG (11)

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In the ends of text, use for part-probe, part-anger‽ (11)

IN + texT usE foR + _ROB_ + ANG_
&lit
cheekily using ‽ instead of ! just for fun

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8786 In the ends of text, use for part-probe, part-anger‽ (11) IN + texT usE foR + _ROB_ + ANG_
&lit
cheekily using ‽ instead of ! just for fun
theduckmedic 1
8815 Punctuation partially started off with a gunshot‽ (11) Questionably true/punny &lit (hence, ‽)

Punctuation, partially = INTERRuption (see https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/punctuate)
Started off = O
with = connector
a gunshot = BANG

The use of "bang" for the exclamation mark (a part of an interrobang) is rumored to have started when printers used "!" to denote a gunshot in comic books.
biocuriousgeorgie 1
8780 What punctuates an exclamatory question ‽ (11) ddef:
"What punctuates an exclamatory question"
and
"‽"
biocuriousgeorgie 0
8784 Exclamation after blundering a rook loss in opening!? (11) “Exclamation” = BANG
“blundering (n.) a rook loss” = ER(r)
“opening” = INTRO

INT(ER)RO + BANG

def: "!?" (since "!" is a questionable definition for interrobang)

* not &lit since "?" is used to denote blunders in chess :P
rpl 0
8785 Bury, nab, or spin tip of genitals‽ (11) INTER+(NAB OR) rev. + G climatebrad 0
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