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biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Apr-19-2007 12:21

Ok, I've noticed lately that there's some crazy emoticons going on. Call me old school, but I have a hard enough time with :) and ;)

Someone PLEASE help me out and explain to me the following:

^_^

o_O

XD

Anyone else have some confusing ones you don't get or ones you can explain to us old fogies who have NO idea what they mean?

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AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Apr-19-2007 16:17

Was about to ask if you'd written your thesis on this topic, Andrea. Nice wikipediating!

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Apr-19-2007 16:58

I like to just make it up... XD I had interpreted as a cannibal smiling. (the X being the bones in his/her hair). o_O was I thought an admission of a badly botched breast augmentation :s and ^-^ i thought looked like a spider from front on. Sure none of them fit into conversation really well, but it's more fun I guarantee.

cfm
cfm
Nomad

Apr-19-2007 18:34

I also understood the ^_^ smiley family comes from asia and is closely tied to anime. I have cat friend who uses them often and even adds a tail. I just pretend I know what she's doing,because I really have no clue.

It took me 20 minutes to figure out the flower one, I think its @>--, the first time I saw it.

Yes, I'm old and proud of it!

*sticks to writing out flowery details instead of cutsie symbols*

yoyofoshow
yoyofoshow
Old Shoe

Apr-20-2007 03:24

I'm with cfm, I like good ol letters and words too.

Vampiric Lust
Vampiric Lust

Apr-20-2007 05:04

-uses these a lot.-

Also, the "XD" is normally "xD".

>_>;

And I think the flower is like -----^---((@ or something.

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