What does TM stand for?

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And before you go and say "Technical Machine, duh." that's not what I was talking about, I'm talking about a number of usernames that have TM in superscript after their name, is this a literal reference to TM's or is it something else, for example I saw one in the name change thing in the Meta, go from Thunder ClapperTM(pretend that's in superscript, I don't know how you put it in superscript.) to just Thunder Clapper. Please explain what TM means in this sense. Thanks so much! I moved this q from the Pokebase to the Meta

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I've closed this because you've already got your answer, I don't see why it needs to be here as well. You can also just look this up.

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X reopen it, I think this user is asking why the users have it and I can explain it

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As the leader of the tm gang I am legally obligated to answer this

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The title and numerous parts of it reference wanting to know what TM stands for -- I'll reopen it if TC is talking about something else.

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“I'm talking about a number of usernames that have TM in superscript after their name, is this a literal reference to TM's or is it something else”

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Alright, I'll reopen it. My apologies for misunderstanding.

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And side note, you put tm by holding alt and pressing 0153 on the numpad

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Okay, thanks.

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This is probably half of what you're looking for, at least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark

Answer 1

I am the leader of the TM gang. I am so glad you asked this question.

The TM gang was created by PX herself memeing, she just thought it was neat. Then CC and I copied, and we became the TM gang. EvilTwinNeedle was also a TM at one point, but I don't know much behind his beginning to the TMs, and he wasn't in the og TM gang. It was kinda a big joke on the site last year; we were the big, cool, scary, and gay TM gang. We use the emoji to get it small. By last name changes, in October, half the database was like “omg cool I wanna join the TM gang”, purely because it was just a fun and easy trend to hop on. PX and CC left the Tm gang because of all the new members, as it wasn’t unique anymore. I am the last original member remaining.

It doesn’t mean anything. It’s just a trend lmao, it’ll probably die out soon. I plan on keeping PX’s legacy alive.

Hope this helps!

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Isn't TM also like "Trade Marked"?

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How many ™ users are there now?

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ZEROOO

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Hey, I was the first one to copy PX on my EvilTwinNeedleTM account. It's all good though lol

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true true but i dont think you were considered to be apart of the tm gang, edited to mention you though :P sorry