tone indicator

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tone indicator

noun tone indicators

Internet A symbol conveying the tone or context of a message, often over the internet. For one thing, it helps to shed light on the nature of the question mark and the exclamation point – the "tone indicators" – which I have not considered up to here.
Similar: tone tag, mood indicator

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@misc{tone_indicator_2026,
  title = {tone indicator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tone%20indicator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}