# Embarrasment smiley **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981 "2004-12-03T23:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/1 "2004-12-03T23:15:18Z")
What does :o mean to you? It doesn’t say embarassment to me. It looks more like someone yawning. Maybe we need a new smiley that actually looks embarassed rather than bored. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/2 "2004-12-04T02:02:28Z")
To me it has always looked like a little choirboy. Which I guess could be a source of embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/3 "2004-12-04T02:14:54Z")
Well, if you use :o :eek: :o :eek: :o :eek: it looks like you’re blowing up a balloon. Or something. Or… :o :eek: :smack: looks like Mr. Smiley just hocked a loogey into the yellow guy’s eye. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/4 "2004-12-04T06:34:55Z")
\*:: getting the giggles:: \* ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/5 "2004-12-04T09:25:36Z")
to me it looks like someone about to give fellatio ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/6 "2004-12-04T15:31:59Z")
Yeah, it never looked like “embarrassed” to me, either. More like “fast asleep.” For one thing, shouldn’t “embarrassed” be blush-pink and not orange? I mean, who closes their eyes and opens their mouth into an “o” when they’re embarrassed? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/7 "2004-12-04T15:45:59Z")
I always thought :eek: and :o should trade names. The first looks embarassed, the second looks like “EEK” ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/8 "2004-12-04T16:49:35Z")
I like :eek: for EEK, but agree that :o doesn’t look embarrassed at all. It looks like a yawn – like 🆒 when he’s just waking up, or something. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/9 "2004-12-04T22:33:41Z")
[How about this guy?](http://www.suzi-quzi.com/embsmile.GIF) Feverish…or about to be sick? It’s hard to do embarrassed. 😛 I’m adding him to [evil smiley](http://www.suzi-quzi.com/esmilie.gif) and soon will have enough smiley men to take over the boards! Mwahahahahaha! : [evil smiley](http://www.suzi-quzi.com/esmilie.gif) : \<–that’s where he’d go. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/10 "2004-12-06T15:55:01Z")
in anime, embarrassment is shown with a huge sweat drop on the side of the head. like so ^\_^’ > [@Ethilrist](#): > > … :o :eek: :o :eek: :o :eek: > > it looks like you’re blowing up a balloon. Or something. … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasment-smiley/277981/11 "2004-12-08T02:34:00Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > in anime, embarrassment is shown with a huge sweat drop on the side of the head. like so ^\_^’ No, you need two drops, like this: (^\_^;)