verboten

[ver-boht-n; Ger. fer-boht-n]

ver·bo·ten

[ver-boht-n; Ger. fer-boht-n]
adjective
forbidden, as by law; prohibited.

Origin:
1910–15; < German: past participle of verbieten to forbid
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Verboten 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 screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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verboten (fɛrˈboːtən)
 
adj
forbidden; prohibited

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