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Irony mark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The irony mark or irony point (ØŸ) (French: point d'ironie; also called a snark or zing) is a proposed punctuation mark that was suggested to be used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level (e.g. irony, sarcasm, etc.). It is illustrated by a small, elevated, backward-facing question mark. The irony mark has never been used widely. It appears occasionally in obscure artistic or literary publications.
"[In his book Plumons l'Oiseau (1966), Hervé Bazin] proposes several other innovative punctuation marks, such as the doubt point (
), certitude point (
), acclamation point (
), authority point (
), indignation point (
), and love point (
)."
