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/j

See also: Appendix:Variations of "j"

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Etymology edit

Abbreviation of joke/joking, with the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

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/j

  1. (Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a joking manner.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ “Tone Is Hard to Grasp Online. Can Tone Indicators Help?”, in New York Times‎[1], 2020 December 9
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