English Explanatory Dictionary

/gen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

symbol
  1. Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a genuine manner.
  2. Denotes that the preceding question is genuine, as opposed to rhetorical.

Word forms

/gen

Etymology

From / + abbreviation of genuine, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”). Coined by Twitter user Katerina Aston (@galactikaa) in 2020.

Synonyms

/g /genq
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