(Internet slang)Encloses a word or phrase to indicateemphasis; especially, used in plain-text contexts to simulateitalics orboldface.
Synonyms:/ /,_ _
This is a*big* problem.
- 2020 May 26, “The White House is getting*very* worried about the Senate majority”, inCNN‎^[1] (in English), retrieved2 October 2020:
(chiefly Internet slang)Encloses aninterpretation; anaction described as if it were actually happening; in English, typically written in thethird person orsecond person.
Synonyms::: ::,< >
I have something for you!*gives her a cookie*
omg that's terrible!!*hugs you tightly*
*stares absentmindedly at the wall*
*facepalm*
*internal screaming*
- 2019 December 10,Yacht Club Games,Shovel Knight: King of Cards (in English),Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Spectral Ravine:
  [King Knight defeats Specter Knight.] /Specter Knight: '*PANT* YOU ARE IMPUDENT, BUT QUICK ON YOUR FEET... INTERESTING.'
- 2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, inCosmopolitan‎^[2]:
  Okay, now show of hands ifMillie Bobby Brown was one of those actors for you. (*assumes thousands of digital hands just went up*)
- 2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, inCosmopolitan‎^[3] (in English):
  If you're reading this mere days before your show date (felt), place a one-two punch Amazon order of a pink hospital gown and fake blood and call it a day. If I were going to the tour*sigh* this is the section I'd be shopping.

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