Do you know what today's word is ????
LOL!
You will understand the joke if you continue reading...

---

---

---

DEFINITION:

Noun
A punctuation mark indicating the sentence is a question

ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
New Latin
from Greek, (erōtaein “to ask”)

PRONUNCIATION:
[er´o`teme]
Listen

SCRABBLE SCORE:
9

USAGE/EXAMPLES:

But, according to Rule 2d for the EROTEME, "When two or more questions are united in one compound sentence, the comma, semicolon, or dash, is sometimes used to separate them, and the EROTEME occurs after the last only."

--The Grammar of English Prosody
by Goold Brown, 1851

For example, he describes a figure of speech called an EROTEME as, 'to affirm or deny a point by asking it as a question'.

--Sounds Good on Paper: How to Bring Business Language to Life
by Roger Horberry, 2010

---

---

---

Now you get our little joke, yes?

Erratic Erotemes

---

Thank You For Reading & Please Upvote If You Enjoy This Blog Because We Certainly Enjoy Creating It For You!

Follow me at @wwwords for more uncommon words to add to your ever-expanding lexicon and don't forget to read each daily installment!

---

*unless otherwise noted, all images are in the public domain and/or original