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fronde

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Fronde (frɒnd, French frɔ̃d)
 
n
French history either of two rebellious movements against the ministry of Cardinal Mazarin in the reign of Louis XIV, the first led by the parlement of Paris (1648--49) and the second by the princes (1650--53)
 
[C18: from French, literally: sling, the insurgent parliamentarians being likened to naughty schoolboys using slings]

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Fronde 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.
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Word Origin & History

Fronde
1798, from Fr., lit. "sling," from L. funda "casting net," of unknown origin. Name given to the party which rose against Mazarin and the court during the minority of Louis XIV. Hence, sometimes used figuratively for "violent political opposition."
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