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/srs
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Appendix:Variations of "srs"
English
Etymology
From mul / tone indicator + en serious 1, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier en /s sarcasm.
Particle
particle
en internet slang tone indicator Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a serious manner.en https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/style/tone-indicators-online.html http://web.archive.org/web/20210218002741/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/style/tone-indicators-online.html Tone Is Hard to Grasp Online. Can Tone Indicators Help? 2020-12-09 2021-02-18 w:The New York Times
en /j
en Alia Paavola Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them Textline https://www.textline.com/blog/tone-indicator-list 2024-12-03 Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf https://web.archive.org/web/20260928182213/https://www.textline.com/blog/tone-indicator-list 28 September 2026
Adjective
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en internet slang Serious.
en /j
en Garfield, are you /srs or /j?
Wallso2010 estrogengaming 2026-03-29 2025-10-31 https://archive.ph/jgE0T https://www.reddit.com/r/estrogengaming/comments/1ol5lk3/im_just_a_moth_i_am_meant_for_a_simple_life_not/nmfm7xy/ (in response to "hi im an entomologist can I study you and name a new species"):Uh sure (are you /j or /srs, or in other words; are you joking or are you fr?)
References
Tone Indicators List
Anagrams
en rss SSR RSS
en tone indicators srs