# What means this emoticon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835 "2011-06-25T17:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/1 "2011-06-25T17:56:47Z")
\>.\< ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/2 "2011-06-25T18:08:58Z")
Squinting? Something smelly? Closed eyes? Cat whiskers? (This is looking at it \*\*without \*\*tilting my head.) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/3 "2011-06-25T18:12:05Z")
I always took it as “Embarrassed” or “Sheepish”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/4 "2011-06-25T18:16:36Z")
Doesn’t Cartman on _South Park_ have that expression from time to time? (The other kids, too, of course; I just thought Cartman when I first saw it.) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/5 "2011-06-25T18:25:08Z")
Wiki identifies it as [Eastern based](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons#Eastern_emoticons). Means “angry/damnit” or Cartman. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/6 "2011-06-25T18:38:50Z")
For a minute, I thought it was a variation of ))\<\>((. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/7 "2011-06-25T18:55:35Z")
Uh…“Fu Manchu really does not like the sweet-and-sour sauce here.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/8 "2011-06-25T18:57:52Z")
Looks a little like Gilbert Gottfried or French Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/9 "2011-06-25T18:59:09Z")
I was thinking … a.) happy place b.) really unhappy place, althought I suppose that would be ).( instead. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/10 "2011-06-25T19:06:12Z")
‘dammit’ or ‘gosh, I’m constipated’ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/11 "2011-06-25T20:13:25Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> MPSIMS ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/12 "2011-06-25T21:11:21Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > For a minute, I thought it was a variation of ))\<\>((. Which means? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/13 "2011-06-25T21:21:29Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Which means? I’m guessing goatse. ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/14 "2011-06-25T23:35:54Z")
Looks like “I’m pooping.” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/15 "2011-06-25T23:38:21Z")
I’ve always read that one as “I don’t believe you just said that/why do I put up with an idiot like you/_slow count_”. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/16 "2011-06-26T01:05:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Which means? Watch the movie “You and Me and Everyone We Know,” a truly great film. Just describing what it means does not tell you what it _means_, since the meaning is more than just what the emoticon is describing. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/17 "2011-06-26T02:50:57Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/18 "2011-06-26T04:17:00Z")
Yes, I believe it means something like “D’oh!” ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/19 "2011-06-26T06:09:07Z")
I use it as a wince or a d’oh. \>.\< Alternately, this one works too \>_\< Now here’s me rockin’ OUT! \m/ (\>_\<) \m/ A kitty!! \>^\_^\< I use this for a look of disapproval. ಠ\_ಠ ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-means-this-emoticon/586835/20 "2011-06-26T06:30:32Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Wiki identifies it as [Eastern based](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons#Eastern_emoticons). Means “angry/damnit” or Cartman. Wow, I have been using it wrong.