"( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)" meaning in Translingual

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Symbol

Forms: Lenny Face [English, name, symbol]
Etymology: First attested in an anonymous comment on 18 November 2012 in a thread about spam filter settings on the Finnish imageboard Ylilauta: "( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 'this thread is leaking from the heavens'". On the same day, the emoticon was posted on several social media websites including 4chan, Reddit and YouTube. Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|English symbol name|Lenny Face|or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Zsym|sort=}} ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (English symbol name Lenny Face), {{mul-symbol|head=( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)|name=Lenny Face}} ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (English symbol name Lenny Face)
  1. A kaomoji-style emoticon, often called Lenny Face, mostly used to suggest mischief, imply sexual innuendo or a second hidden meaning behind a sentence, or pasted over and over to spam online discussions. Wikipedia link: 4chan, Reddit, Ylilauta, YouTube

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