First attested in an anonymous comment on 18 November 2012 in a thread about spam filter settings on the FinnishimageboardYlilauta: "( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 'this thread is leaking from the heavens'". On the same day, the emoticon was posted on severalsocial media websites including4chan,Reddit andYouTube.[1]
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (English symbol nameLenny Face)
- Akaomoji-styleemoticon, often calledLenny Face, mostly used to suggestmischief, implysexualinnuendo or a secondhiddenmeaning behind asentence, orpasted over and over tospamonlinediscussions.
2021 October 12, Golshan Sharbatdar Alaei, “The 3 thoughts that cycle through my head every time I see my face when the screen goes dark at the end of a Netflix episode”, inThe Strand, volume64, number 4, Toronto:Victoria University, page15:3. Nahhhh, one more won’t hurt( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) /*continues watching the twentieth consecutive episode of Parks and Rec (plz, you can’t blame me—it started playing by itself)*
