Learning Something New Every Day About Emoticons
By Val
@valmnz (17099)
New Zealand
October 16, 2015 7:57pm CST
I'm not sure how literate the rest of you are when it comes to internet emoticons, but some of them really leave me stumped. I have a basic emoticon vocabulary that gets me by and avoid those I'm unfamiliar with.
One of the ones here on myLot I had no idea of the meaning of was the one depicting wub 
Okay, maybe the hearts in the eyes should have been a clue, but I'm a bit slow at times when it comes to such things. 
Anyway, today I decided to look it up.
Thanks to an internet site I found totally dedicated to explaining emoticons I now know that wub means love. How was I supposed to know that? Heavens, it's only in the last year I've discovered they're called emoticons and not smiley faces.
At least I know now. I shall continue to look up the meanings of others that I'm confused about 
So, I'm proud to be an ongoing learner, even if it is something as little as emoticons. How's your knowledge of the fun little additions we can use in our writing here? Have you worked them all out?
Okay, maybe the hearts in the eyes should have been a clue, but I'm a bit slow at times when it comes to such things. Anyway, today I decided to look it up.
Thanks to an internet site I found totally dedicated to explaining emoticons I now know that wub means love. How was I supposed to know that? Heavens, it's only in the last year I've discovered they're called emoticons and not smiley faces.
At least I know now. I shall continue to look up the meanings of others that I'm confused about
So, I'm proud to be an ongoing learner, even if it is something as little as emoticons. How's your knowledge of the fun little additions we can use in our writing here? Have you worked them all out?13 people like this
15 responses
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
17 Oct 15
i aint figured 'em all out yet neither. all these emo thingies jest make my head spin. perhaps its the dyslexia 'n aqua colored filter i've got'n my screen so i can semi-read schtuff folks write?? then 'gain, could be i jest can't see 'em 'n need to enlarge my screen. if'n it makes ya feel any better, somebody told me to 'hag' 'n i was't first a tad insulted. talked with my daughter 'n she said they fergot the 'd' 'n that person was actually tellin' me to 'have a good day' 
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
17 Oct 15
Wub does not mean the kind of love a heart denotes. I use it when I am kind of stumped.
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
17 Oct 15
Confession here: my knowledge on the emoticons topic is practically null. However my knowledge on history has improved a lot since I have the Internet.
I would have never noticed the hearts in the eyes if you had not mentioned that fact. Thanks.
@1creekgirl (40425)
• United States
17 Oct 15
I like them, but I'm also still trying to figure them out!
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@MarshaMusselman (38616)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Oct 15
Like you, I don't have a clue about many of them. I didn't know the wub one either, I wondered, but didn't put two and two together. I was thinking more like a puppy following one around or something.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
17 Oct 15
I have been dealing with them for a few years on Facebook and now built into my new iPad. I remember using certain keys on my computer to form a few such as :) ;) :( etc. I know the meaning of each, but still learning. I wonder what will be next?
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
17 Oct 15
I never see emoticons much in my posts. The first reason was i didn't know where to add that. But now i had studied that.but i dont knoiw why, i am not abling to tell my mind to add emoticons in my posts. I hope you ar e having a great morning my dear friend.
