/s

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Based on pseudo–XML code, in which a slash indicates the end of an element (for example, </b> marks the end of bold formatting). Originally written as </sarcasm> (to mark the end of a sarcastic message) with the block of text enclosed (see < > </ >), this was later simplified to /sarcasm and eventually just /s.[1]

Symbol

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/s

  1. (Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is sarcastic.
    Wow, I never would have guessed /s

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Khodak, Mikhail, Saunshi, Nikunj, Vodrahalli, Kiran (7–12 May 2018) “A Large Self-Annotated Corpus for Sarcasm”, in Proceedings of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference[1], →Bibcode, retrieved 8 February 2019, page 1

French

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Alternative forms

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Preposition

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/s

  1. Abbreviation of sous.

Usage notes

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Chiefly used in place names, such as on signposts.

Further reading

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