/srs
Appearance
See also: srs
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From / + abbreviation of serious, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).
Symbol
[edit]/srs
- (Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a serious manner.[1]
- 2024 December 3, Alia Paavola, “Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them”, in Textline[2]:
- Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf
References
[edit]- ^ “Tone Is Hard to Grasp Online. Can Tone Indicators Help?”, in The New York Times[1], 2020 December 9