Ouija

[wee-juh or, often, -jee] Origin

Oui·ja

[wee-juh or, often, -jee]
Trademark.
a device consisting of a small board, or planchette, on legs that rest on a larger board marked with words, letters of the alphabet, etc., and that by moving over the larger board and touching the words, letters, etc., while the fingers of spiritualists, mediums, or others rest lightly upon it, is employed to answer questions, give messages, etc.
Also called Ouija board.
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Ouija is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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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Ouija
1891, a trademark name (originally by Kennard Novelty Co., Baltimore, Md.), compounded from Fr. oui + Ger. ja, both meaning "yes."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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