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English
Etymology
Blend of bang + diarrhea, with bang as an alternate name for an exclamation point and diarrhea as an uncontrolled flow.
Noun
bangorrhea (uncountable)
- (linguistics) The overuse of exclamation points in a failed attempt to make words seem more exciting.
- Martha Brockenbrough, MSN Encarta columnist
- 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.
Translations
overuse of exclamation points
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