putting an exclamation point in parenthesis to indicate shock (!) or mock disgust (!) at something that occurs in mid-sentence

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is this becoming a trend?

rudolph the LED-nosed reindeer (unregistered), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago)

This has been around for years.

Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:08 (fifteen years ago)

i first noticed this in the diary of anne frank (!)

welcome to gudbergur (harbl), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago)

Anne Frank, what a hipster huh

rudolph the LED-nosed reindeer (unregistered), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago)

I especially hate it when people use this device (!) right after quoting something, especially if they proceed, redundantly, to explain that they're offended at the quoted text.

rudolph the LED-nosed reindeer (unregistered), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:13 (fifteen years ago)

Regardless of its long and glorious history, the parenthesized exclamation point could become a new (!) trend, simply by virtue of a tenfold increase (!) in its use in a short time.

Aimless, Monday, 28 December 2009 20:13 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i agree, it should be used sparingly. not a substitute for actual explanation. xpost

welcome to gudbergur (harbl), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:14 (fifteen years ago)

W(!)TF

Fetchboy, Monday, 28 December 2009 20:20 (fifteen years ago)

^ acceptable usage

rudolph the LED-nosed reindeer (unregistered), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:24 (fifteen years ago)

!!!

mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago)

currently listening to !!! (!)

mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago)

!(![!])!

Chris L, Monday, 28 December 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago)

(__!__)=333

shartin jort (am0n), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago)

What else can you do when Tom Cruise (!) has an uncredited cameo in the middle of your sentence?

The Hood Won't Jump (Eazy), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago)

It gets tiring when it shows a sense of wonder that Willie Nelson (!) likes Ryan Adams or Jay-Z (!) shows up at a Grizzly Bear show or Will Oldham covers R. Kelly (!).

The Hood Won't Jump (Eazy), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago)

currently listening to !!! (!)

I heard !!! (!) was collaborating with 3OH!3 (!).

Francis Ford Copacabana (jaymc), Monday, 28 December 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

I like (!), use (?) a lot, but really hate (sic)

Ismael Klata, Monday, 28 December 2009 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

it reminds me of when ppl pause to let u be shocked mid-sentence, which i love

plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 28 December 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago)

i like (siiiiiiiiiick)

my girl wants to sharty all the time (s1ocki), Monday, 28 December 2009 21:39 (fifteen years ago)

(sic) semper tyrannis

shartin jort (am0n), Monday, 28 December 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago)

internet

just settled down for a long winter's blap (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 December 2009 22:01 (fifteen years ago)

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/metalgear/images/e/e8/Metal_Gear_Acid_Exclamation_Point.jpg

12 inches of (snoball), Monday, 28 December 2009 22:11 (fifteen years ago)

http://graphics.ink19.com/issues/march1998/covers/camp_skin_graft.jpeg

brett favre vs bernard fevre, fite (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 28 December 2009 22:52 (fifteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

found this in a book, just making a note (!)

harbl, Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:04 (fifteen years ago)


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