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Names for unusual punctuation marks

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ampersand
a character or symbol (&) for "and."
bang
n.
an exclamation point.
caret
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
circumflex
a mark placed over a vowel to show that it is pronounced with rising and falling pitch.
em dash
a dash (—) one em long.
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en dash
n.
a dash one en long.
guillemet
one of two marks, « or », used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
interrobang
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.
pilcrow
n.
a paragraph mark.
pound sign
n.
the symbol (#) used for various purposes.
solidus
a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the thought or idea.
tilde
a symbol (~) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.

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