waterlogging

[waw-ter-lawg, -log, wot-er-]

wa·ter·log

[waw-ter-lawg, -log, wot-er-] verb, wa·ter·logged, wa·ter·log·ging.
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
2.
to soak, fill, or saturate with water so as to make soggy or useless.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become saturated with water.

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Waterlogging 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 chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1770–80; apparently back formation from waterlogged
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