Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗symbol
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryDenotes that the preceding statement is said in a genuine manner. · Denotes that the preceding question is genuine, as opposed to rhetorical.
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.
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