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English
Etymology
From mul / tone indicator + en affectionate 1, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier en /s sarcasm.
Symbol
sym
en internet slang tone indicator Denotes that the preceding statement was meant affectionately.
References
Tone Indicators List
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