Cutest family ever. ❤ [subtitle]

2024 July 12, Mehera Bonner, “Serena Williams's Daughter Olympia Made an Adorable Appearance on the ESPYS Red Carpet!”, in Cosmopolitan:


ღ

From the superficial similarity between this character and a heart.


^`lowbar`^

First used in 1986 in an online Deaf community in Japan, independently from :-). The difference between :-) and ^_^ is likely to come from Western and Eastern ways of looking at facial expressions.

lang

顔文字の起源 (^_^)

having now watched it I just have one thing to say... So who's got the bollocks to do some cosplay with me then? ^_^

2002 January 14, Stuart Dawson, “Re: This made me look at YATA in a whole new light.. o_o”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet; in English):

She's very cute and talented but if she's really a smoker, she'll wind up looking old before her time. It would be a shame because I love her singing. ^_^

2015 November 1, Uncle Monster [username], “Re: OT: Another sure sign of a country in decline”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet; in English):

An emoticon representing a grinning face.


o`lowbar`O

To represent a face with one eye opened wider than the other, similar to raising one eyebrow (🤨).

Again, if this were Twitter, Soderberg's comments would be getting the o_O face.

2012 Spring, Ameer Hasan Loggins, “Bitch Bad: Misogyny, Misappropriate Anger & 'Me-ism'”, in Onyx Express, volume 18, number 1 (in English), University of California, Berkeley, page 9:

An emoticon representing a confused, perplexed, or surprised face.


ಠ`lowbar`ಠ

Created on the same principle as o_O, but using a Unicode character which more closely resembles an eye with an eyebrow (ಠ, the Kannada letter ṭha, whose codepoint is U+0CA0).

Damn, then I'm not trolling hard enough ಠ_ಠ

2012 March 29, Nathan Rice, “Re: Number of languages known [was Re: Python is readable] - somewhat OT”, in comp.lang.python (Usenet; in English):

PS: Excuse me whilst i brew myself a nice cup of HEMLOCK TEA!!! ಠ_ಠ

2013 June 11, Rick Johnson, “Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers”, in comp.lang.python (Usenet; in English):

But I'm always right when I imply you're an idiot that likes baiting female posters - while reluctant to go play with the boy posters. ಠ_ಠ

2014 June 3, {~_~}Раиса [username], “Re: 300 scientists can't all be wrong on oil pipelines, Harper .. . .”, in mtl.general (Usenet; in English):

An emoticon representing a look of disapproval.


Russian: ) (internet slang)


Losse adopted a wry, weary postmodern tone and began posting crude horizontal hearts (<3) on every story.

2013, Joanna Biggs, "Tell me everything", London Review of Books, vol. 35, no. 7

(Soon after, in post-op, Caesar dispatches a courier to send Brutus a brief message inked on papyrus: “<3.”)

2023 November 22, Derek Thompson, “The OpenAI Mess Is About One Big Thing”, in The Atlantic (in English):

(Internet slang) An emoticon representing love.


"Guess who's feeling the baby's movements now 😊😊😊 it's the SWEETEST little things to watch 💕💕💕💕 my wife is so deserving of all this excitement, love and blessings 💕💕💕💕," the beauty entrepreneur, 41, wrote on Instagram. "Baby Boy Harris-Dupart is playing games with his mommy."

2023 April 11, Georgia Slater, “Pregnant Da Brat Gets Emotional as She Feels Baby Moving in Her Stomach: 'Playing Games'”, in People (in English):


(anime, manga) Represents anger or frustration on a person's face.

「じろじろ見てても貸しませんよ💢」

2024 August 4, @kusaikire_iki, Twitter (in Japanese):

"I won't lend it to you even if you keep staring at me 💢"

An emoji indicating anger or frustration.


(^`lowbar`^)

( (left side of face) + ^ (smiling eye) + _ (mouth) + ^ (smiling eye) + ) (right side of face)


ಥ`lowbar`ಥ

Created using the Kannada letter ಥ (tha) to represent an eye with a furrowed eyebrow shedding a tear and an underscore to represent the mouth.

This is going to be a PEBKAC, isn't it. Craaaaaaap. (ಥ_ಥ)

2014 April 4, Matthew Pherigo, “Re: lang/nimrod issue: missing forward slash”, in mpc.lists.freebsd.questions (Usenet; in English):

Yep . . . Harper government at the helm - and running an election campaign based on its 'economic record'. (ಥ_ಥ)

2015 May 27, Home$weetHome [username], “$4 million/yr administration cost to build 99 first nations homes”, in can.politics (Usenet; in English):

Are you going to join the Hug A Lion Tour and travel to Africa to find Cecil's pride so you can cuddle and hug his cubs and lionesses while you tell them you're so sorry that their daddy Cecil the big cuddly pussycat was so brutally murdered? (ಥ_ಥ)

2015 August 2, Uncle Monster [username], “Re: Bob Green: Why extradition is inevitable.”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet; in English):


O`lowbar`O

2000 July 29, §parkler [username], “OT: AAAAAIIIIEEEE!!!!!!! There's an EMU in my yard!!!! O_O (I'm being honest!!!)”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet; in English):

O_O
You're actually serious? Umm. hold on whilst I make sure that I can get hold of a whole load of video cameras for the Minami masquerade. Something like this has got to be worth filming, if only to watch you all make absolute tits of yourselves.

2002 January 14, London Anime Club [username], “Re: This made me look at YATA in a whole new light.. o_o”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet; in English):

May be a long nap. O_O Looks like folding may run a bit behind schedule this week. LOL

2005 December 9, Dale, “Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -e world has Blocks, big time. O_O”, in linux.gentoo.user (Usenet; in English):

An emoticon representing a confused, shocked, or frightened face.


o`lowbar`o

The male voice in the new Cardcaptors promo sounds kinda like the dude who did the voice of Laucorn in the FF Movie, Ryo in Ronin Warriors, andEd in Ed, Edd, and Eddy o_o

2000 June 8, Perfect Chaos [username], “[CCS] I think I recognize a voice o_o”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet; in English):

Anyway, has anyone heard of this happening or had this happen to them before? Does anyone know how he's doing this stuff? Does anyone know how we can prevent it? Can anyone help?? I'm scared.... o_o

2000 November 25, The one they call "ChocoboKick" [username], “Ack! Help me!! o_o”, in alt.games.final-fantasy.rpg (Usenet; in English):

2001 December 17, Steven, “Looking for a workprint, can anyone help? o_o”, in alt.horror.lounge (Usenet; in English):


T`lowbar`T

An emoticon representing an annoyed or judgmental face.


Obsessed with little old me. 😂😂😂

2016 July 17, Dawlish [username], “Re: Climate Change is no more”, in uk.sci.weather (Usenet; in English):

As is to be expected whenever Britney posts something on Instagram, her 29 million fans were quick to comment on the video clip (captioned "Got the COVID vaccine 😳💉 …. Great success 😂 …. High-five 🖐🏻 !!!!!!"), with many remarking how happy she looks around Sam.

2021 April 9, Jennifer Savin, “Britney Spears just shared what having the vaccine is really like”, in Cosmopolitan:

An emoji indicating joy, amusement or laughter.


That’s what I imagine doing, if I didn’t care about my rules or the consequences. That’s what my shadow self wants. 😱

2023 February 16, Kevin Roose, quoting Bing Chat/Sydney, “Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’”, in The New York Times (in English), →ISSN:

Me digging into everyone's money: 😶 and 😳 and 😱 [subtitle]

2023 August 26, Mehera Bonner, “Here's How Rich Everyone in the New 'Real Housewives of New York' Cast *Really* Is”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):


-`lowbar`-

An emoticon representing the face of frustration or annoyance.


When I spoke to him in early January, a few months after I met him in the jungle of Costa Rica (I know, right? 😍), he was down to get real about Hannah Brown, Panda Express, and how weird it is to make out all the time in front of people (half of whom are, um, vying for his heart).

2020 February 4, Sam Feher, “We Spent an Entire Day in Costa Rica With a Shirtless Peter Weber”, in Cosmopolitan (quotation in English; overall work in English):

A few people did slide into your DMs, but most were sleazy cis men masking their fetishization as support: Congrats!!! I love bi girls btw 😍

2021, Jen Winston, “A Story to Ease the Author’s Impostor Syndrome”, in Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much, New York, N.Y.: Atria Paperbacks, →ISBN:

An emoji indicating love, adoration, or enthusiasm.


' (eye) + - (expressionless mouth) + ' (eye).

An emoticon representing an apathetic face.


An emoji representing the "I love you" sign used in many sign languages.


From the Korean gesture reprenseting a small heart symbol.


Having said that, Kylie [Jenner] hilariously added to her thoughts, writing in the comments section: "jk i love her she's cute lol 🫶🏻." And to that, we agree!

2023 July 12, Lia Mappoura, “Kylie Jenner shows how she will age with shocking TikTok beauty filter”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):

"Eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encouraged 🫶 1, 2, 3 LGB [let's go, bitch]!!!! (iykyk)," Tay closed off her post, referencing the iconic chant that the crowd breaks into during her performance of "Delicate."

2023 October 3, Samantha Olson, “Attn, Swifties: You Can Still Buy Tickets for Taylor Swift's ‘Eras Tour’ Movie”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):


BRB, adding to Ed's net worth rn by playing “I Don't Care” on repeat even though I really, really do care about the wealth disparity between us 😭.

2022 August 9, Gretty Garcia, “Ed Sheeran Has Broken So Many Music Records That His Net Worth Is 🤯🤯🤯”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):

This breakup list truly keeps getting longer. 😭 [subtitle]

2023 August 25, Mehera Bonner, “All the Celebrity Couples Who Have Broken Up in 2023”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):

An emoji indicating one is laughing so hard they have started crying.


:o

An emoticon representing a surprised or shocked face.


there’s just no way i paid all my rent and i got fucking arrested ;-;

2024 June 17, Valefisk, 27:15 from the start, in I Made Monopoly More Realistic, spoken by Teddy:


*`lowbar`*

An emoticon representing starry eyes, an expression of joy.