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.
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
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
Get the :3mug. Kat<3 is someone who will show love unconditionally as you change through life. As they have beautiful blue eyes and stunning black hair that waves in the wind you will be caught in the lovely look in their eye as they pass by. Kat<3 is a person that will be there for you in your hardest times and will help you whenever it is possible for them to do so. No matter what, they will always care for you.
by Cloud<3 April 19, 2022
Get the Kat<3mug. the day you give your significant other your hoodie . please give it to us because it reminds us of you . heather by conan gray . don’t worry we might give it back or not
by lit.merp December 3, 2020
Get the december 3mug. make sure to blend the shadows of the ball in the drawing to intensify the 3 dimensionalness of the drawing.
by Ovenia April 21, 2021
Get the 3 Dimensionalnessmug. :3 means that the sender wants to suck the recipient balls deep. It comes from the emoticon combination of :D and c==3 and when combined, :Dc==3 to :(=3 finally having :3
"Come over :3"
by 🎏 February 9, 2024
Get the :3mug. by jahshddg May 2, 2022
Get the may 3mug. john: have you seen yhwach in project bankai 3
bob: yes john kill yourself black monkey pay to win nigger
bob: yes john kill yourself black monkey pay to win nigger
by the sigma project baki player April 21, 2024
Get the Project Bankai 3mug.