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I don't understand "{#}" and "\__/". Are they supposed to be arbitrary markers, or interpreted in some way?

• paler 10y ago
  {#} would be a grinning mouth with teeth showing, and \__/ is a smiling mouth.
  • Qiasfah 10y ago
    Interestingly, I've seen \_/ used these days to refer to a dumpster.
    • gberger 10y ago
      I've seen \,,/ to refer to the "rock" hand gesture.
      • kuschku 10y ago
        And \\//, to refer to LLAP
• Grangar 10y ago
  The second one could be interpreted as a smiling mouth. I think.
• c0achmcguirk 10y ago
  "{#}" was proposed because it looks like teeth showing. "\_/" was proposed because it looks like a smile.
  • david-given 10y ago
    I'm trying to visualise the first one, but the only thing which comes to mind is Jaws from the old James Bond films. http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/jamesbond/images/8/86/Jaws_-_Profile_(2).jpg http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/jamesbond/images/8/86/Ja...
• mfoy_ 10y ago
  That's why they didn't catch on.... not very intuitive.