by Ring Tony February 3, 2010

The often loud, serious, confident tone you use when speaking on the phone. The tone may vary according to each person's style of talking on the phone.
P1: Yo, do you like, listen to the Jonas Brothers?
P2: ARE YOU CRAZY MAN? Holy shit there ain't no fuckin' way I'd ever...
(And this goes on and on for at least 5 minutes...)
P1: Dude. You're speaking in phone tone.
P2: ARE YOU CRAZY MAN? Holy shit there ain't no fuckin' way I'd ever...
(And this goes on and on for at least 5 minutes...)
P1: Dude. You're speaking in phone tone.
by Hi0901 December 9, 2008

a really badly rolled blunt. For example, if you try to hit the blunt and all of the weed shits in your mouth then you know you have a tone loc.
by t bags May 13, 2005

by @kdawg69 November 15, 2016

The accidental act of "butt dialing" a person in your cell phone contact list.
Derived from the telephonic definition of "touch-tone" referring to the tones associated with the numbers on a telephone keypad.
Derived from the telephonic definition of "touch-tone" referring to the tones associated with the numbers on a telephone keypad.
by Poor David #33 December 15, 2013

" He used my preferred pronoun but I know he didn’t mean it. It was just his tone, you know? I feel so invalidated. The new official "Campus Gender Inclusivity - Safe Space for All. Your truth is our truth" guidelines clearly prohibit him from committing a "Tone Crime" against me"
by The Regal Hyena January 31, 2020
