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The overuse of exclamation points in a failed attempt to make words seem more exciting.

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bangorrhea

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The overuse of exclamation points in a failed attempt to make words seem more exciting.

Japanese Meaning

言葉をより魅力的に見せようとする試みが裏目に出た結果、感嘆符を過度に使用する行為。 / 文章をエネルギッシュに見せようとする失敗の試みとして、感嘆符を乱用する現象。

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彼のメールは感嘆符の過剰使用であふれており、すべての文が複数の感嘆符で終わっていて、言葉をより刺激的に見せようとする試みは失敗していた。

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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.

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