humordenoting
Humordenoting is a proposed practice in linguistics and digital communication that involves explicitly marking humor in text and media to signal intent to readers and audiences. The term blends humor with notation and is used to refer to methods that indicate when a statement is meant humorously, satirically, or sarcastically, beyond conventional punctuation and tone. While not widely standardized, the concept has appeared in discussions of accessibility, cross-cultural communication, and computational humor tagging since the early 2020s.
Common approaches include inline tags such as [humor] appended to a sentence, or the use of tone
Potential benefits include improved comprehension for readers who rely on assistive technologies, better cross-cultural interpretation of
Challenges include the subjective nature of humor, regional differences in what is considered funny, and the
See also tone indicators, humor tagging, and natural language processing for humor.