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What does the emotion ” :3 ” mean?

okay my friend is in LOVE with this face. he adds this face at the end of like EVERY text he sends me.

For clarification, it’s this face

:3

i’m not annoyed by it or anything but i would love to know what it means. i asked him but he says it’s sort of hard to explain so he can’t.

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Pianosaurus Rex offline Verified User (4 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (0 minutes after post)
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cjb57 offline Verified User (5 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (1 minute after post)

to my friends…
it’s lyk a flirty face….?

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sunshineeeee offline Verified User (3 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (1 minute after post)

well…the first thing i thought was well… butt-face. but idk if that is what he means…

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Arkia Valkair offline Verified User (4 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (1 minute after post)

I think it’s a cat face.

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cjb57 offline Verified User (5 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (3 minutes after post)

no wait now my cousin says it could be a hamster?

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3 years, 5 months ago (3 minutes after post)

eh obviously the colon are eyes.

and cjb i don’t think it’s flirty. I’m a DUDE. And I know for a fact that my friend is straight. He had a girlfriend for 5 years straight now and i’ve known him since 2nd grade. I think he would tell me if he’s gay or not.

unless he’s using it wrong. Then idk

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Anonymous #
3 years, 5 months ago (5 minutes after post)

wait what just happened? whos axztxyovx and why’s my thread title different

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sunshineeeee offline Verified User (3 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (6 minutes after post)

she/he is messing with everything

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sunshineeeee edited this post 3 years, 5 months ago. Read the previous text »

why dont the mods try to sort things out instead of just banning

Arkia Valkair offline Verified User (4 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (7 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
wait what just happened? whos axztxyovx and why’s my thread title different

Troll is editing all of the posts because the troll got banned and is getting all bitchy about not having an explanation. So now troll does this in a sad attempt to get the mods to explain the original ban while at the same time adding numerous extra reasons to the list.

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Anonymous #
3 years, 5 months ago (19 minutes after post)

pfh the irony in that is enough to make a baby cry.

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An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (4 hours, 9 minutes after post)

i think it means buck teeth

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Pianosaurus Rex offline Verified User (4 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (11 hours, 36 minutes after post)

lol did anyone actually click the link I posted? It doesn’t look like anyone did :P

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gffhg offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 5 months ago (15 hours, 11 minutes after post)

yea right…anime and all that ;)

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An Unknown Location | 3 years, 1 month ago (3 months, 3 weeks after post)

hi peeps. lol

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Lightman68 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 years ago (4 months, 2 weeks after post)

The “:3″ face for me symbolizes cuteness. It also means that your innocent by showing off this cute face. That’s what I think, cause I might be wrong.

*Please do not reply because I’ll probably forget about this sight and ever thinking of it*

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nstjohnso offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (8 months, 3 weeks after post)

i think its a kiss face.

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hamsergangste offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 5 months ago (1 year after post)

I think its a rotton apple on rabies and uhm yeah, i right no body gunna bring me don word! kthanxbye ps.

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andrewcarr199 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (1 year, 4 months after post)

Señor Pianoman wrote:
lol did anyone actually click the link I posted? It doesn’t look like anyone did :P

i did made it very helpful for me. i would have never found it out, no one can give a straight answer.

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lllllllllllllll offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (1 year, 10 months after post)

It’s a moustache

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x_cierrasaysrawr_ offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 6 months ago (1 year, 10 months after post)

Its A Mustache Face :3

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queenofhpbook offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (2 years after post)

my friend says its a mischievous face.
my other friend says its a male version of a kissy face but it doesnt look like a kissy face to me.
i like the mischievous face definition best personally.

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themommyof offline Verified User (11 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (2 years, 6 months after post)

>:] :-) :) :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8) =) :} :^) :っ)
Smiley or happy face,[1][2][3] a version without colon is common in Russia, presumably

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