trig germen

trig·ger·man

[trig-er-muhn, -man]
noun, plural trig·ger·men [-muhn, -men] . Informal.
1.
a gangster who specializes in gunning people down.
2.
a bodyguard, especially of a gangster.
Also called trigger.


Origin:
1920–25; trigger + man1

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triggerman (ˈtrɪɡəˌmæn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -men
a person, esp a criminal, who shoots another person

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Trig germen 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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