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Translingual
Punctuation mark
!
- Denoting excitement, surprise, or shock.
- Expresses excitement, anger or other emotion.
- What a beautiful day!
- 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 369:
- Seu macaquinho imundo!
- You filthy little monkey!
- Seu macaquinho imundo!
- Replacing a period at the end of a declarative sentence.
- I had no idea!
- Following a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence.
- How is that possible?!
- At the end of an interjection that is set off by dashes or parentheses.
- After he finished his drink — his fifth! — he left the room.
- In parentheses; see (!).
- After he finished his fifth drink (!), he left the room.
- (comics) Used in some comics instead of the period (.), ending all sentences, except those that use question marks, ellipses, etc.
- (comics, video games) Used by itself to convey that a character is surprised at something.
- Character #1: "The zombie is right behind you!"
- Character #2: "!"
- 1996, Satoshi Tajiri, Pokémon Red and Blue (video game)
- ! [indicates that another trainer noticed the player character, prompting a battle between them]
- 2015, Toby Fox, Undertale (video game)
- ! [indicates a random encounter with a monster]
- Expresses excitement, anger or other emotion.
- (botany) Placed after a herbarium abbreviation to indicate that the mentioned material held there has been examined directly by the author.
- 2008, June, A Michele Funston, "Taxonomic Revision of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a Genus of the Southwestern U.S.A., Mexico, and Central America", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 95, issue 2, page 307:
- TYPE: Mexico. Nayarit: Tepic, 10 Feb. 1927, Marcus E. Jones 23357 (holotype, POM not seen; isotype, US!).
- 2008, June, A Michele Funston, "Taxonomic Revision of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a Genus of the Southwestern U.S.A., Mexico, and Central America", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 95, issue 2, page 307:
- (Internet, fandom slang) Used to join a descriptor with its referent; usually a character or relationship.
- She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.
Usage notes
- Its English name is variously exclamation mark, exclamation point, exclamation, ecphoneme, or, in computing contexts, shriek, bang or pling.
- In its use to denote excitement, surprise, or shock, it is sometimes repeated for additional emphasis, as in "!!", "!!!", "??!!!", or the like.
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Symbol
!
- (mathematics) The factorial: the result of a multiplication of all integers from 1 to the given number.
- 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120
- "five factorial equals 120"
- (chess) Indicates a good move.
- 1983, Claude Santoy, Échecs et maths, Marabout, ISBN 2-501-00341-1, page 134:
- (Fb4! 10.c3 suivi de De7 eut été plus précis)
- (Bb4! 10.c3 followed by Qe7 would have been more efficient)
- (Fb4! 10.c3 suivi de De7 eut été plus précis)
- 1983, Claude Santoy, Échecs et maths, Marabout, ISBN 2-501-00341-1, page 134:
- (computing, in many programming languages) A Boolean negation, the not operator, serving to invert the truth value of what follows.
- (computing, e-mail) Formerly used as a separator between hostnames in an e-mail address for the purpose of routing a message (called bang path notation).
- (computing, IRC) Used as a separator between a user's nickname and ident.
See also
- ՜ (!) (Armenian)
References
- ↑ Alexander Humez, 1987, A B C et cetera: the life & times of the Roman alphabet
German
Punctuation mark
!
- Used at the end of a salutation line of a letter
- Lieber Hans!
- Dear Hans,
- Lieber Hans!