^_^ =^.^= -_- -_-' -_-U ^_^u *_* O_o? Ô_ô All of these, and various other combinations, are pretty old -in internet time, I guess-. They are usu

^_^ =^.^= -_- -_-' -_-U ^_^u *_* O_o? Ô_ô All of these, and various other combinations, are pretty old -in internet time, I guess-. They are usually known as "upright emoticons" [0], as opposed to "sideways emoticons". ^_^ gets abbreviated to ^^ and that's how you get it to be a smile. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons