™
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| ™︎ | ™️ | |||||||
| Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩. | ||||||||
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Translingual
Description
The superscripted letters T and M.
Etymology
From English TM, initialism of trademark.
Symbol
™
- Indicates a trademark.
- Only ABC Widgets sells the genuine Throbulator™. Accept no imitations!
- (Internet slang, humorous) Indicates irony, sarcasm, disparagement, mock importance, humorous usage, etc.
- Each time I call them, they tell me my delivery is arriving Soon™.
- OK, I get it, writing in all-caps on the Internet is a Bad Thing™.
- 2005, Katherine F. Toomajian, “Seniors”, in Nathanite, North Adams, Mass.: Drury High School, page 62:
- “I feel I’ve outgrown fulltime education” said George. “Me too” said Fred. “Time to try our hand at the Real World ™ ?”
- 2024 August 20, Mehera Bonner, “Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum’s 3-Year Relationship Timeline: a Retrospective”, in Cosmopolitan[1], archived from the original on 7 October 2024:
- So yeah, they’ve reached the Flirting on Dad’s Insta™️ phase.
- 2024 September 17, “Here’s a Rundown on Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan’s ‘Ship”, in Cosmopolitan[2]:
- I know what you’re thinking: But, wait, it can’t possibly be...? Except it probably is! 2023 was truly the year of the Fever Dream Couple™️, from Avril Lavigne and Tyga to Rosalía and Jeremy Allen White. And this year, that tradition continued with pint-sized pop star Sabrina Carpenter and delightfully Irish actor Barry Keoghan.
Usage notes
Usually put after the trademark.