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bangorrhea

bangorrhea noun: the overuse of exclamation points in an attempt to make words seem more exciting.

Noun

bangorrhea (uncountable)

  1. The overuse of exclamation points in an attempt to make words seem more exciting.
    • Checking in with a bad case of ‘bangorrhea’ — the official ‘grammedical’ term for exclamation-point overdose — is Kanye West. In a single blog post, West used 188 exclamation points. At least we think it was 188. We tried counting and the ordeal made our eyeballs twitch.(Can we date this quote?), Martha Brockenbrough, MSN Encarta

Origin of bangorrhea

Blend of bang + diarrhea, with bang as an alternate name for an exclamation point and diarrhea as an uncontrolled flow.

Questions about bangorrhea

What does bangorrhea mean?
Bangorrhea means the overuse of exclamation points in an attempt to make words seem more exciting.
What part of speech is bangorrhea?
Bangorrhea is a noun.

Words near bangorrhea in the dictionary

  1. Bangon
  2. Bangong Co
  3. Bangor
  4. Bangor-on-Dee
  5. Bangorite
  6. bangorrhea
  7. bangra
  8. bangras
  9. Bangru
  10. bangs
  11. bangs a uey

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