tone police (English, verb)
expansion: tone police (third-person singular simple present tone polices, present participle tone policing, simple past and past participle tone policed)
Senses:
glosses: To complain about the tone of one or more participants in a debate or discussion, especially one perceived as heated, disrespectful, etc.
tags: derogatory
slang
Forms:
form: tone polices
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tone policing
tags: participle
present
form: tone policed
tags: participle
past
form: tone policed
tags: past