Tone Indicators

Tone Indicators are anything in the form of shortened text accompanied by a forward slash (/) to indicate the tone and emotion of a message. Neurodivergent people often times have trouble conveying and understanding emotion or tone of messages. Through written text, it becomes harder to understand tone due to a lack of voice, body language and facial expressions. Even some Neurotypical people struggle to grasp the emotion or tone of text messages.

Tone Indicator Masterlist

Not Serious

• /j - joke
• /hj - half joking
• /ij - inside joke
• /t - teasing
• /lh - light hearted
• /th - threat (only as a joke)
• /slur - attached to words that aren't actually slurs (only as a joke)
• /s or /sarc - sarcastic
• /f - fake

References

• /q - quote
• /ly or /lyr - lyrics
• /ot - off topic
• /c - copypasta
• /ref - reference

Language Devices

• /m - metaphor / metaphorically
• /li or /lit - literal / literally
• /hyp - hyperbole
• /rh - rhetorical question

Affection Types

• /p - platonic
• /r - romantic
• /aff - affectionate
• /qp - queer platonic
• /a - alterous
• /fam - familial
• /sx - sexual intent
• /nsx - no sexual intent

Sincerity

• /g or /gen - genuine
• /genq or /gq - genuine question
• /genrq or /grq - genuine request

Directed

• /nay - not at you
• /ay - at you
• /nbh - nobody here
• /nah - not anyone here
• /nmay - not mad at you
• /nmah - not mad at anyone here

Positive

• /pos - positive connotation
• /hap - happy
• /exc or /exci - excited

Neutral & Other Emotion

• /neu - neutral
• /apa or /apath - apathy
• /conf - confused

Negative

• /neg - negative connotation
• /lu - a little upset
• /up - upset
• /vu - very upset
• /sann - slightly annoyed
• /ann - annoyed
• /vann - very annoyed
• /lm - little mad
• /vm - very mad
• /ang - angry

Concern

• /conc - concerned
• /w - worried
• /lw - a little worried
• /vw - very worried

Intention

• /pi - pun intended
• /npi - no pun intended
• /ngt - not guilt tripping
• /npa - not passive aggressive
• /gs - general statement
• /js - just saying
• /nm - not mad
• /nav - not a vent
• /v - vent
• nbr - not being rude
• /nai - not an insult
• /sym - sympathizing
• /em - empathizing
• /cont - continued (in next post/message)
• /safe - safe to open/read

Symptoms

• /sympt - symptom
• /anx or /anxi - anxious
• /nerv - nervous
• /trig - triggered (only to be used when an actual trigger is set off)
• /fb - flashback