"accent tag" meaning in English

See accent tag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: accent tags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} accent tag (plural accent tags)
  1. (Internet) A video uploaded to YouTube in which a speaker signifies bits of English dialectal language distinctive to their region. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Dialects, Internet, YouTube
    Sense id: en-accent_tag-en-noun-TX6X~CJh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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