Tone Tags for Use in HSRChat’s Discord Server for Home Education Students

Simple text sequence to indicate tone through text

Why Tone Tags?


Tone indicators are helpful text sequences, generally used at the end of a message, that help to indicate one’s tone through text. These indicators can be useful to anyone, since text communication leaves a lot up to interpretation. Below you can find a list of common tone tags. Please keep in mind that this is not an exhaustive list and may omit tone tags which are not relevant to The Homeschooler’s Chat.

Common Tone Tags

/gen – genuine
/hj – half-joking
/hyp – hyperbole
/j – joking
/l – literally
/lh – lighthearted
/m – metaphorically
/neg – negative
/nf – not forced (no pressure)
/nm – not mad
/nsrs – not serious
/p – platonic intent (usually for compliments)
/pos – positive
/s – sarcastic
/srs – serious
/t – teasing (friendly)