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toneh is a measurement of anger about the absurdity in bokeh background blur used by youtubers and vlogers in order to create a so called 'cinematographic' look using a low aperture portrait photo lens on their cameras. The effect was first described by the youtuber Camera Conspiracies and refers to the aesthetics of the youtuber Tony Northrup, hence the name 'toneh'. In his satire response video Camera Conspiracies refers to a self filmed one man outdoor video monologue set to be at a lake - yet no lake nor landscape had been distinguishable in this video because Northrup shot the whole thing with a 1.2 aperture on a 50mm lens full frame equivalent. So the background was blur only hence the high degree of irritating toneh.
"I believe toneh to be a further reaching philosophical and artistic concept. It serves to illustrate the utmost isolation of the individual in modern society, where social media and big corporations act as catalyst of the obliteration of social communitarianism. In Tony’s famous toneh-construct establishing video, we clearly see a contemporary human making a desperate call for help, much like we already saw in other masterpieces such as ‘the scream’ by Edvard Munch or any of Edward Hopper’s works on the theme. Tony will pass to history as one of the seminal figures of american neo expresionism and philosophical solipsism. What a time to be alive!"
toneh by Maria.Klaus.1789 August 21, 2020
Words you can keep
When the background is so out of focus in a photograph that you can't recognise it anymore.
Tony Northrup: Let's put that lens aperture to 1.2 and get my face real close to the camera.
Camera Conspiracies it's a youtube channel guy: Oh no, you just turned your whole family into Toneh!
Toneh by quiet_loner June 6, 2020
Related Words

tone deaf 

Someone painfully oblivious to social situations and the world at large. Unable to read blatant social cues.
Mayer is so tone deaf he sent fried chicken to vegetarians and asked an atheist his religion. Sigh
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Massive greek cunt who can deadlift 800 kilos and benchpress 4 tons. Lives in the tunnels of the Australian metro train subways. He eats 72,000 calories a day which converts into 20kg of muscle mass from each rep.

Daily meal plan
breakfast - 3kg of steak with a raw turkey and protein shake
Snack - steriod injection
Dinner - 2 buckets of protein powder, 50 kilos of raw chicken
Mike: Woah! look at that man over there, he's benching 4 tons!
Jerry: No shit bro, that's Tonee!
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two tone rebel 

The words of a fucking ledgened who will never die
“Two tone rebel paisley stain I got some skin so thick I was made for pain”
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The distinct tone and inflection of voice one gets after receiving a blow job, lasting anywhere from 4-6 hours.
When Aaron got back from Courtney's dorm room, he wasn't revealing any of the dirty details. However, once he spoke we instantly knew he had gotten his dick sucked. He had a serious case of dome tone, we were happy for him.
Dome Tone by 7Raulphie June 4, 2011

tone tags 

tone tags are being used all around social media (or maybe it's just my social media, who knows). tone tags help neurodivergent people and people who have trouble conveying the tone of a message over text. you can add these to the end of your sentences to indicate the mood or idea of it. they might seem weird, but it prevents distress from not getting the mood of a message.
/j = joking
/hj = half joking
/s or /sarc = sarcastic / sarcasm
/srs = serious
/lh = light hearted
/ij = inside joke
/t = teasing
/nm = not mad
/nbh = nobody here
/nay = not at you
/g or /gen = genuine / genuine question
/th = threat
/cb = clickbait
/f = fake
/q = quote
/l or /ly = lyrics
/c = copypasta
/m = metaphor / metaphorically
/li = literal / literally
/rt or /rh = rhetorical question
/hyp = hyperbole
/p = platonic
/r = romantic
/sx or /x = s*xual intent
/nsx or /ns = non-s*xual intent
/pc or /pos = positive connotation
/nc or /neg = negative connotation
"lol ur such a loser i cant believe you like jessica smh 🙄 /j /s"
"thanks for using tone tags! i would've stopped being friends with you if you were to not indicate the sarcasm!"
tone tags by ben's mop October 29, 2020
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