tone - Tone Indicators
Tone is what a phrase or statement means or comes across as despite what it’s actually saying. Examples of tone could be serious, joking, lighthearted, etc. Tone indicators are things you can include with text to indicate what the tone of it is. Some people have difficulty picking up on tone. Communicating through text only makes this harder due to lack of audio and physical cues (voice inflection, body language, facial expressions, etc.). Tagging what tone you are using can be very helpful for others’ understanding of what you’re saying, clarification, avoiding miscommunications, etc. Tone indicators can be used any time of place you may be communicating through text.
-a |
--alt --alterous |
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Sentence is alterous. | ||||
-A |
--abs --absolute |
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Conversation is over. | ||||
-b |
--brag --bragging |
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Speaker is bragging. | ||||
-B |
--bore --bored |
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Speaker is bored. | ||||
-c |
--calm --calmly |
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Speaker is calm. | ||||
-C |
--comf --comforting |
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Sentence is comforting. | ||||
-d |
--deep |
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Statement is ’deep’. | ||||
-D |
--def --defensive |
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Speaker is being defensive. | ||||
-e |
--excited |
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Speaker is excited. | ||||
-E |
--endearing |
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Sentence is endearing. | ||||
-f |
--fake --false |
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Sentence is false/fake. | ||||
-F |
--fl --flirting |
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Speaker is flirting. | ||||
-g |
--gen --genuine |
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Sentence is genuine. | ||||
-G |
--gent --gentle |
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Speaker is being gentle. | ||||
-h |
--hj --half-joking |
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Speaker is half-joking. | ||||
-H |
--hyp --hyperbole |
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Sentence is a hyperbole. | ||||
-i |
--info --information |
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Sentence is information/informing. | ||||
-I |
--irr --irrevelant |
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Sentence is irrelevant. | ||||
-j |
--joke --joking |
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Sentence is a joke. | ||||
-J |
--jit --jittery |
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Speaker is jittery. | ||||
-k |
--know --knowing |
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Speaker knows something (the listener may not). | ||||
-l |
--lit --literally |
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Sentence is literal. | ||||
-L |
--lyr --lyrics |
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Sentence is lyrics. | ||||
-m |
--meta --metaphor |
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Sentence is a metaphor. | ||||
-M |
--mad |
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Speaker is mad. | ||||
-n |
--not [OPTION] |
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Not OPTION. Can be combined (e.g. -ns is -n -s). | ||||
-N |
--neg --negative |
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Sentence has a negative connotation. | ||||
-o |
--order |
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Sentence is an order. | ||||
-O |
--obv --obvious |
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Sentence is obvious. | ||||
-p |
--platonic |
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Sentence is platonic. | ||||
-P |
--pos --positive |
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Sentence has a positive connotation. | ||||
-q |
--question |
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Sentence is a question. | ||||
-Q |
--quote |
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Sentence is a direct quote. | ||||
-r |
--rom --romantic |
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Speaker is being romantic. | ||||
-R |
--rhet --rhetorical |
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Sentence is rhetorical. | ||||
-s |
--sarc --sarcastic |
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Speaker is being sarcastic. | ||||
-S |
--srs --serious |
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Speaker is being serious (same as -n -s). | ||||
-t |
--th --threat |
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Sentence is a threat. | ||||
-T |
--teasing |
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Speaker is teasing. | ||||
-u |
--upset |
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Speaker is upset. | ||||
-U |
--urg --urgent |
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Sentence regards an urgent matter. | ||||
-v |
--vent --venting |
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Speaker is venting. | ||||
-V |
--vio --violent |
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Sentence is violent. | ||||
-x |
--sexual |
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Sentence is sexual. | ||||
-y |
--you --at-you |
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Sentence is aimed at you. | ||||
-Y |
--yell --yelling |
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Speaker is yelling. | ||||
-z |
--sleepy |
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Speaker is sleepy/tired. |
--bait --clickbait
Sentence is clickbait. |
--cel --celebratory
Sentence is celebratory. |
--curi --curious
Speaker is curious. |
--fam --familial
Sentence is familial. |
--flex --flexing
Speaker is flexing. |
--gr --general
In general; not specific. |
--ij --inside-joke
Sentence is an inside joke. |
--int --intentional
Sentence is intentional (useful alongside -n). |
--nerv --nervous
Speaker is nervous. |
--neu --neutral
Sentence has a neutral connotation. |
--nnn --someone
"Not naming names". Speaker is talking about a specific | |||
person/group of people without naming them directly. |
--pa --passive-aggressive
Sentence is passive aggressive. |
--para --paraphrase
Speaker is paraphrasing. |
--pf --playful
Sentence is playful. |
--rd --rude
Speaker is being rude. |
--st --statement
Sentence is a statement (same as -n -q). |
sentence -Eg
Say a sentence endearingly and genuinely.
sentence -q -n -y
Say a question not directed at the listener.
Skylar Widulski <cobra@vern.cc>