aide-mémoire

[eyd-mem-wahr; Fr. ed-mey-mwar]

aide-mé·moire

[eyd-mem-wahr; Fr. ed-mey-mwar]
noun, plural aide-mé·moire.
a memorandum summarizing a discussion, agreement, or action.

Origin:
1840–50; < French: literally, (that which) aids (the) memory
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Aide-mémoire is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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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aide-mémoire (ɛdmemwar, English ˈeɪd mɛmˈwɑː)
 
n , pl aides-mémoire
1.  a note serving as a reminder
2.  a summarized diplomatic communication
 
[from aider to help + mémoire memory]

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