flash-forward

[flash-fawr-werd]

flash-for·ward

[flash-fawr-werd]
noun
1.
a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
2.
an event or scene so inserted.

Origin:
1945–50; flash + forward, on the model of flashback
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Flash-forward is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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.
WordNet
flash-forward

noun
a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story [ant: flashback
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