bangorrhea en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of bang + diarrhea, with bang as an alternate name for an exclamation point and diarrhea as an uncontrolled flow.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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:
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Translations (1)
fr bangorrhée (overuse of exclamation points)