Short for "That’s why" and is usually used in IM clients/forums.

It is usually written bellow a really nerdy statement.

The full term is "That is why you don't have a girlfriend".
User 1: I installed Ubuntu today
User 2: ^y


by Stickbit February 12, 2009
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When combined in the right formation it makes me get hard.
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^ I want some of that.
by iLoVeiitiNthEbutT April 19, 2009
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Similar to (.Y.) ( . Y . ) ( . Y . ) ( >Y>)
(OYO) ( Y ) ( Y ) (V) ( | ) ( X Y X )
(\/) (.Y .) ( .Y.) ( O Y O ) ( . W . ) and BOOBS.
Used usually in online cyber sex to either demonstrate how big they are, or to make a visual when you have no porn at the time.
DUDE1: OoH baby, lemme see your boobs.
CHICK1(ACTUALLY A GUY): ( . Y . ) oh yeah. rub em
DUDE: rubs em
CHICK1: (JACKS OFF)
DUDE1: Wtf
by TonyVasquez March 22, 2005
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The face perpetually plastered on Sweet Bro's face in the web comic Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff. The face has been referenced in another web comic, Homestuck.
Sweet Bro: :y

where doing this, man,
where MAKING THIS HAPEN
by reposefulNocturne July 20, 2011
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A shorter way to ask "why?"
most tv is stupid

y?

because the shows are pointless
by claustrophobic chicken December 9, 2004
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