™

See also: tm, TM, Tm, .tm, and t/m

Text style	Emoji style
™︎	™️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
™ U+2122, ™ TRADE MARK SIGN ← ℡ [U+2121] Letterlike Symbols ℣ → [U+2123]

Translingual

Description

The superscripted letters T and M.

Etymology

From English TM, initialism of trademark.

Symbol

™

1. Indicates a trademark.

   Only ABC Widgets sells the genuine Throbulator™. Accept no imitations!

2. (Internet slang, humorous) Indicates irony, sarcasm, disparagement, mock importance, humorous usage, etc.

   Each time I call them, they tell me my delivery is arriving Soon™.

   OK, I get it, writing in all-caps on the Internet is a Bad Thing™.

   • 2024 August 20, Mehera Bonner, “Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum’s 3-Year Relationship Timeline: a Retrospective”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-10-07:

     So yeah, they’ve reached the Flirting on Dad’s Insta™️ phase.

   • 2024 September 17, “Here’s a Rundown on Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan’s ‘Ship”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[2]:

     I know what you’re thinking: But, wait, it can’t possibly be...? Except it probably is! 2023 was truly the year of the Fever Dream Couple™️, from Avril Lavigne and Tyga to Rosalía and Jeremy Allen White. And this year, that tradition continued with pint-sized pop star Sabrina Carpenter and delightfully Irish actor Barry Keoghan.

Usage notes

Usually put after the trademark.

Related terms

• ℠

See also

• ®
• ©