DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Testing. 1, 2, 3... => Topic started by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 04, 2008, 06:09:35 PM
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[ghost_wub] A WUB seemd to fit my expression, but what is one? And what is an AZN not. Sorry to get off topic! :(
WUB is baby talk for LOVE - as in "I wub you." [ghost_wink]
As for AZN, for as long as this forum has been in existence I've been wondering what that stands for. In the main smiley set, it's actually a hidden smiley that looks like this: ^-^ The developers have never explained it, but AZN in texting shorthand is short for Asian, so it may have originally meant that, and the ^'s in the abbreviation :^-^could represent slanting eyes - though I can't say the smiley itself looks Asian to me. To me, the two ^'s in the code seem to represent the raised eyebrows:
(http://www.dsboards.com/SMF/Smileys/classic/azn.gif)
And in fact, the AZN smiley is used most often to convey a snarky mood, as represented by the raised eyebrows and the curled up lip. (Though even if at one time the smiley was originally meant as a representation of Asians and it's meaning has since changed, which I believe it has, I don't think it was ever meant to convey that Asians are snarky.)
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Okay I see. I didn't notice that link. I am sorry my dear! Thanks for all the help and lovely trailers!!
Tae