# What does (((((this)))) mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751 "2016-03-31T14:54:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751/21 "2016-04-01T02:06:10Z")

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:smack:

All of these years I thought it was the doppler effect.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751/22 "2016-04-01T19:21:24Z")

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> [@Calavera](#):
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> I see on the internet a lot, someone trying to be supportive of someone else by typing their name like ((((((this)))). What is this supposed to **men**?

(bolding mine)

To men, it supposes that the woman in question wants him carnally. Even if posted by another guy, it supposes that the woman in question wants him carnally. The woman in question is generally the last female the man has seen or imagined, though in some cases it may be his mother. Supposedly.

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751/23 "2016-04-01T21:57:53Z")

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So what does this mean then? (((\*))) I want to hug your butt?

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751/24 "2016-04-01T23:11:03Z")

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(\__/)  
(=’.’=)  
(")_(")

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751/25 "2016-04-03T00:24:02Z")

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t(ツ)\_/¯

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751/26 "2016-04-03T18:18:57Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Whoosh.

Yeah. Short term memory is the first to go.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751/27 "2016-04-04T13:31:26Z")

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And I can’t remember the second thing.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/750751/28 "2016-04-04T13:37:35Z")

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Spidey-sense.

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