/ Tone indicators, or tone tags are commonly used by Neurodivergent people online to determine tone, because it’s harder for us to tell the intentions behind what someone is saying. These can certainly be used by anyone, however - it can be hard to discern tone from behind a computer screen. / I’ve compiled together a list of tone indicators and their meanings for your convenience as they can be hard to understand when you first start seeing them — generally the lists you may find online have only a handful and don’t include some of the more commonly-used indicators. / I’ve added in some of the combinations as well because i think they’re better explained than not. / Please inform me if there’re any i’ve forgotten about! /c - Copypasta /cb - Clickbait /f - Fake /g or /gen - Genuine /genq - Genuine question /hj - Half-joking /hyp - Hyperbole /ij - Inside joke /info - Information(al) /j - Joking /lh - Light-hearted /li - Literally /lu - Little upset /lv - Lovingly /ly - Lyrics /m - Metaphorically /ma - Messing around /naa - Not at anyone /naah - Not at anyone here /nau or /nay - Not at you /nav - Not a vent /nbh - Nobody here /neg - Negative /neu - Neutral /nf - Not forcing /nh - Not hostile /nm - Not mad /nmaa - Not mad at anyone /nmaah - Not mad at anyone here /npa - Not passive-agressive /nr - No reply/don’t reply /nsrs - Not serious /nu - Not upset /sarc - Sarcastic /p - Platonic /pos - Positive /q - Question or quote /r - Romantic /ref - Reference /rh or /rt - Rhetorical question /s - Sarcastic /silly - Silly (like nsrs, j, etc.) /srs - Serious /t - Teasing /th - Threat /vent - Vent I can provide full descriptions for their uses upon request, i like describing things ^v^ Tags: All tone indicator list All tone tag list All tone indicators list All tone tags list
