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anna-banana
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28 Oct 2009, 1:00 pm

ok maybe I'm stuck in late 90's emoticon-wise, but I don't get a *lot* of the emoticons you guys use. like these:

<3

^_^

<_<

o_O

XD

>.<

X/

(all taken from actual posts)

can someone please explain? reading posts here is starting to be a bit too much like the real world :P


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28 Oct 2009, 1:08 pm

anna-banana wrote:
ok maybe I'm stuck in late 90's emoticon-wise, but I don't get a *lot* of the emoticons you guys use. like these:

<3 heart

^_^ elated

<_< suspicious

o_O huh? (literally, "huh? why does that person have three heads?")

XD elated, big grin

>.< squint, possibly angry

X/ squint, indifference

(all taken from actual posts)

can someone please explain? reading posts here is starting to be a bit too much like the real world :P



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28 Oct 2009, 1:20 pm

<3 :heart:

^_^ :)

<_< :roll:

o_O 8O

XD :lol:

>.< :x

X/ ??? I don't see this one very often at all


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28 Oct 2009, 1:20 pm

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<3 heart



ha! I thought it was a butt or an ice cream cone. cheers digger!


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28 Oct 2009, 1:30 pm

^_^

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28 Oct 2009, 1:47 pm

^oh nooo now i'm gonna picture a creepy anime every time I see it lol


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28 Oct 2009, 2:34 pm

wow anna....

i never even used those but, welcome out from under the rock :]

and btw, those ARE creepy anime smileys, theyre originally japanese. the hysterical japanophiles have been spreading them around


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28 Oct 2009, 4:15 pm

anna-banana wrote:
<3 ("aww", (censored), :heart:, I just use :3 for "cute".)

^_^ (wink', 'blush')

<_< (sigh)

o_O (OMG!, 8O, WTF?, 'gasp', h-h-holy....., wow)

XD ("heh oops, my bad", Darnit, FAIL admitance, 'hah. You got me. good one", "pfff hahah")

>.< ( "that's sexy", darnit, grr, frustrated or annoyed)

X/ ('epic oops/fail', "why me?", R.I.P., "Oh you hav eto be kidding me!", :eew: with :hic:)

(all taken from actual posts)


I put how I interpret them. heheh. :)
I have seen @.@ and @_ @ used to. Maybe it means dizzy or something.