| * - * | 

A cassette tape.
The '*'s are the little spinny thingies. And the '-' is just the middle.

You can sometimes see the | * - * | emoticon when you are logging into an AOL e-mail account.

| * - * | by smiliegurl1122 September 28, 2008

|_|_ 

Satan hand symbol

The three men are doing |_|_

|_|_ by Jaycg_YT May 19, 2016

|_()|_ 

You're so bored out of your mind that you're trying to see how many different ways you can spell "LOL"

Man I'm really bored, I'm gonna see if |_()|_ is on urban dictionary

|_()|_ by Fyde November 10, 2020

|\/| 

just let it happen

matt: yo dude ur a jackass |\/|
anthony: |\/| all day erry day
jackie: |\/| hell yea mah dood, we about to pawdy |\/|
k-fig: owned |\/|

|\/| by Kanye Weezy October 12, 2009

(|-_-|)

A graphical representation of detachment, or listening to music, usually to notify fellow onliners of your actions, or to convey a sense of apathy.

(|-_-|) u bore me.

(|-_-|) by Studabaker Hawk January 18, 2009

:|__| 

Slack-jawed in either amazement or terror.

You: Hey! ASL?
Stranger: 56 years old, herm, louisiana.
You: :|__|

:|__| by SFDX July 28, 2010

|\| () 

A weird way to say no

someone: Want to go insert thing here

Me: |\| ()

|\| () by annoyingbot6788 March 4, 2019