me·men·to mo·ri
[muh-men-toh mawr-ahy, mohr-ahy, mawr-ee, mohr-ee; for 1 also Latin me-men-toh moh-ree] 
toʊ ˈmɔr noun, plural memento mori for 2.
1.
(italics) Latin. remember that you must die.
2.
an object, as a skull, serving as a reminder of death or mortality.
Origin:
1585–95; < Latin mementō morī
1585–95; < Latin mementō morī
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| —n | |
| an object, such as a skull, intended to remind people of the inevitability of death | |
| [C16: Latin: remember you must die] | |
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Memento mori
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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| 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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memento mori
"reminder of death," 1590s, from L., lit. "remember that you must die."
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