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solecisms

[sol-uh-siz-uhm, soh-luh-]

noun

a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.

a breach of good manners or etiquette.

any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.

Origin:
1570–80; < Latin soloecismus < Greek soloikismós, equivalent to sóloik(os) (Sólo(i) a city in Cilicia where a corrupt form of Attic Greek was spoken + -ikos -ic) + -ismos -ism

Related forms

sol·e·cist, noun

sol·e·cis·tic, sol·e·cis·ti·cal, adjective

sol·e·cis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confused: solecism, solipsism.

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Solecisms is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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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