-yne

World English Dictionary
-yne
 
suffix forming nouns
denoting an organic chemical containing a triple bond: alkyne
 
[alteration of -ine²]

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-yne  
A suffix used to form the names of hydrocarbons having one or more triple bonds, as in ethyne.
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-yne is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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