the dunciad
siˌæd noun
a poem (1728–42) by Pope, satirizing various contemporary writers.
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The dunciad
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. |
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