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Appendix:Variations of "gen"
English
Etymology
From mul / tone indicator + en genuine 1, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier en /s sarcasm. Coined by Twitter user Katerina Aston (@galactikaa) in 2020.2020-07-29 galactikaa 1288587040368594946 https://web.archive.org/web/20210521084925/https://twitter.com/galactikaa/status/1288587040368594946 21 May 2021 1
Symbol
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en Internet slang tone indicator Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a genuine manner.
en /g
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
en Internet slang tone indicator Denotes that the preceding question is genuine, as opposed to rhetorical.en https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/style/tone-indicators-online.html Ezra Marcus Tone Is Hard to Grasp Online. Can Tone Indicators Help? 2020-12-09 w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20251124132436/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/style/tone-indicators-online.html 24 November 2025
en /genq
References
Tone Indicators List
Anagrams
en egn Neg ENG neg Eng. eng neg. eng. NGE /neg NEG
en tone indicators gen