Definitions

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  • noun Marks a preceding passage written in Latin script as a question.
  • noun chess In algebraic notation, marks a bad move.
  • noun text messaging A question.

Etymologies

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? may derive from Qo, with the Q written over the o, an abbreviation of Latin quaestio ("question"), placed at the end of a question to mark it as such.

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  • prolixpolymath managed to add this to the database as 'onomatopoeia that best describes prolixpolymath', but in spite of that the link from his/her profile breaks; you have to use %3f. I've added this to Wordie Paradox using that method, and the result is another entry that doesn't know it's on the list: 'appears in these lists' is empty. (Edit: ah, I realised this has already been done with blah ... does that count%3f. However, the profile links of the people who added them break differently: this one produces a 500 Application Error, whereas the other produces a 'nobody is listing' page.)

    March 10, 2009