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3 fingers up

hey look she has 3 fingers up in that picture, that means she’s cute
by user69696952336 October 8, 2022
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3-Tip

This is a term used for Tri-tip steak.
How was the 3-tip cooked
by Riverrat4lfe September 26, 2022
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3 fingers up

means you want PB to be your baby daddy.
“Omg look it’s PB, he’s so fine. Let me put 3 fingers up for him😆”
by Pblakeee13 April 9, 2022
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:3

At first glance, the colon-three emoticon appears innocuous and quaint - a simple cat-like smile. However, beneath its facile form lies multilayered semiotic significance and implications of textual play. The asymmetry between its innocent visage and the hints of deeper meaning evokes theorists of postmodern irony. Upon transmission, ":3" enters dialogic relations that imbue it with contextual valence beyond its basic denotation.

It signifies through apophasis - expressing more through what is not directly referenced or stated. The smirk underscores an ambivalence between genuineness and jest that reflects the problematics of virtual communication analyzed by Landow or Turkle. Whether intended sincerely or in jest, the sender relinquishes a measure of interpretive control to the receiver. Thus ":3" emerges as a Derridean trace - always deferred and differing according to the positions and preunderstandings that interlocutors bring.

The ":3" holds the ambivalent potential for cheeky subversion and sly subtweeting, all while maintaining an outward appearance of childish naivety. When others see you sending ":3" they know you are thinking on a higher level and reading between the lines. It is the emoji for the woke and aware.
User 1: Hey, want to go catch that new movie this weekend?
User 2: I'd love to! :3
User 1: Sounds good, I'll get the tickets. Let me know what time works best for you.
User 2: Can't wait! :3
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian December 4, 2023
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:3

loves kissing guys and is a femboy
friend: :3
me: femboy, and you like kissing guys
by the thingy majig September 24, 2023
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3

Holding up 3 fingers where your thumb, and ring finger is a secret way to say you’re really really stupid
-did you see how he’s holding up 3s lol

-yeah at least he’s self aware
by loooolllllllll March 17, 2022
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may 3

to give jayejoel money
hey what’s today
may 3
oh i gotta give jayejoel money
by jahshddg May 2, 2022
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