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Faces made to express emotions using simple keyboard keys. You Azian, You AOL, and you'll see deez alot. You're lucky I don't give a shit, but I'm sure you all are gonna bite off on these...
:) ;) :^) ^_^ *.* ^o^ @_@ :Þ ?_? and the saddest one of all, the Pikachu: (o^_^o) Pika-pi! 9_9
Emoticons by Joshiro007 February 17, 2003
Words you can keep
Like this:
:¬) :¬( (:¬D :¬D :¬P :¬L :¬S
:'( :¬" :¬*
They express emotions using icons. Used in text or online.
Text1: :¬)
Text2: :¬(

Text 1 is HAPPY, Text 2 is SAD.
Those is emoticons
;¬)
Emoticons are what predated #Emoji in a lot of chatrooms, messages, emails, and texts years ago. Also many come from Japan like #orz (a stick figure kneeling down.)

They can be used to save text space as #Emoji often will take data/text amount to send, used where you can't send Emoji, and they can also be more complicated, too.

#Kaomoji (Japanese Emoticons) and ASCII (pictures from text and symbols) fall into emoticons sometimes yet it has now today evolved into their own thing, too.
Jim: what do you want for dinner :D ?
Emmy: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Jim: D: Cant decide again?? More Emoticons :) classic [smile
:O surprise face

_ _

//_//
( o_o )

u u \¤

Ω> <Ω) staring bunny

☆*:. .o(≧▽≦)o. .:*☆ #Kaomoji super happy face
Emoticons by NeptuneFell February 8, 2020

Emo Emoticons 

//.-
An emoticon depicting an emo kid. Parentheses are an acceptable subsitute for the slashes. ((.-

Many variations of the "emo"ticon exist to express different moods (as emo kids often do).
Among the most popular are:
The Sad Emo Kid //_;
The Happy Emo Kid //_^
The Amazed Emo Kid //_o
The Angry Emo Kid //_<
The Pissed Off Emo Kid //_-
The "I Don't Care" Emo Kid //.-
The Sleepy Emo Kid //_~
an example of how Emo Emoticons appear in an IM conversation
"I don't care" //.-
"REALLY? HOLY CRAP!" //_O
"GRRRR" //_<
"YAY!" //_^
"My girlfried broke up with me." //_;
"Just leave me alone." //_-

a conversation can go something like this:

1: Hello!
2: //_< //_;
1: //_O
2: //.- //_-
Emo Emoticons by HOB4congress December 23, 2006

anime emoticons 

Emoticons derived from manga and anime (style of art) showing feelings, used in chatrooms, online, and with cellphones nowadays.
To be really nice I will give you multiple examples of anime emoticons:
(つ^з^)つ
*Feeling happy/dancing/cheering*
(¬_¬)
*Yeah right...*
m(_ _)m
*Sleeping on the desk/given up*
(^_^)
*Happy*
*(^O^)*
*Happier*
anime emoticons by Kuro-Puu~ August 5, 2009

custom emoticons 

Bill gate's way of telling you that he owns your soul, and there's no escape.
"It's kinda difficult to read what anyone says with poorly chosen emoticons."
"*A small list of giant icons and poorly made gifs follow*"
"Exactly!"
custom emoticons by Thegreatnick September 5, 2005

anime emoticons 

The ridiculous internet "language" often found in chatrooms and on messageboards that confuse more people than ever due to its idiocy. Examples are ^_^ and ^_ ~ and o.0 and even more complex emoticons than that. Usually the same geeks that tAlk LiKe tHis and are into role playing and sci-fi garbage (Star Trek, Farscape, etc.) and fantasy crap (Lords of the Rings, Harry Potter, etc). Also, they seem to be socially inept creatures who feel the need to fit in somehow so they adopt this geek-speak nonsense.
I love anime emoticons <<*>> ^_^ ^_~ o.0 0.0 oooh I'm having so much fun! Must run along now, Farscape is gonna be on tv!!
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Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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