Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

/r

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English

Syllables: /r
IPA

1

Scrabble Score

1

Letters

1

Syllables

1

Unique Chars

Meaning

symbol

Denotes that the preceding statement was meant romantically.

Etymology

From / + abbreviation of romantic, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

Frequently Paired Words

/p

Questions

What does /r mean?: Denotes that the preceding statement was meant romantically.
Where does /r come from?: From / + abbreviation of romantic, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

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