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umpirage

 [uhm-pahyuhr-ij, -per-ij]  

um·pir·age

   [uhm-pahyuhr-ij, -per-ij]
noun
1.
the office or authority of an umpire.
2.
the decision of an umpire; arbitrament.
Origin:
1480–90; umpire + -age
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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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umpire (ˈʌmpaɪə)
 
—n
1.  an official who rules on the playing of a game, as in cricket or baseball
2.  a person who rules on or judges disputes between contesting parties
 
—vb
3.  to act as umpire in (a game, dispute, or controversy)
 
[C15: by mistaken division from a noumpere, from Old French nomper not one of a pair, from nom-, non- not + per equal, peer1]
 
'umpireship
 
—n
 
'umpirage
 
—n

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