grand·ma

[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh]
noun Informal.

Origin:
1865–70; grand- + ma

grammar, grandma, grandmother.
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grandma, grandmama or grandmamma (ˈɡrænˌmɑː, ˈɡrænd-, ˈɡræm-, ˈɡrænməˌmɑː, ˈɡrænd-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
informal words for grandmother
 
grandmama, grandmama or grandmamma
 
n
 
grandmamma, grandmama or grandmamma
 
n

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Grandma is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
She was hovering around her grandma who was selling jewellery and other goods
  to tourists.
Actually, it's not grandma that needs to worry about being thrown under a bus.
Furthermore let's go talk to grandma and clear all this up once and for all.
So if you can get your hands on it, please make sure you take it to a grandma
  party.
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