Somebody help me out... what the heck does this mean "<3"??
 

I missed this term when it became very net popular... can somebody fill me in to what it means??

I tried searching the forums but "<3" is under 3 characters and cant be searched!

I cant make much sense of what it could possibly mean... and by all means if it is something very obvious, please flame away!! lol.

TIA!

it's a heart

Man, I thought that was a scrotum.

like halx said

be used like this
"I <3 girls"
says "I heart girls"
which means "I love girls"

:p Thanks for asking this question. I wasn't sure either. I actually thought it was boobs or something maybe.

Now I'm really revealing the blonde side of me. Please ignore.

I <3 (. Y .) :D

less than 3

haha, that's how I always read it too. Takes me a second before I realize that makes no sense and it's probably a heart or something.

More Unusual Emoticons

I kinda like this one.... \_/7

I Prefer (_)3
but now im going to |o---|
and dream of a lot of (|0|0|)

\m/ is also a commonly used one that few people know what it means.. it's that 'heavy metal' hand sign..

HA!

I <3 <3!!!!!!

Well not really... just showing that I "Get it."!

less than three
works for me...

I <3 \m/ !

What the hell does "SO" / "S/o" mean?

Significant Others..?

I'm another who was in the dark . .

I <3 Peetster.

Same. I went down the boobies path too. Tragic, huh.

i use <3 alot... Imo k3 is better (an underlined heart :D)

ok, sorry, but I'm lost on that one

its a cup / mug.

i think anyway :p please dont prove me noobish

gutted ... i was hoping it was breasts too :( the context didn't quite fit, but hell you've got to be optimistic in this life

\_/7 is supposed to be a coffee cup ... i had to look it up

This one I've seen almost everywhere on online games but I can't find out what it means: Either a single ^ or a double ^^.. I know that sometimes it refers to what someone said previously but i've also seen it outside that context..
I'm guessing to show supprise or someting (raised eyebrows)..

I <3 (( * )) Y (( * ))

\o/ Do you know what that one is :D

<;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;|===0

Behold my massive sword! Please note the serrated edge, useful for sawing bones or sausages!

@}-'-,-'-,--- for all the ladies at the TFP that we <3 and protect with our <;;;;;;;;;;;|===0
:D

One of my favorites: cn||nn

(_Y_) (@ Y @ )

I lessthanthree you

I always thought it was an ass...


<3 2 <3! <3 2 <3!

and you can't forget the broken heart


< / 3

edit: damn HTML

I made this for everybody here
http://www.toddfx.com/pics/heart.jpg

http://www.toddfx.com/pics/crack.jpg
maybe it's a heavy heart or something. I just thought it would be cool to make some cracks

Heres what might happen if the mutual forces between the < and 3 were to be severed

http://www.toddfx.com/pics/fallapart.gif

Whats really weird is as I was making that, the song "Falls Apart" by Sugar Ray came on the radio.

whoa, very cool todd!

I scrotum boobs? I never knew it was a heart. Makes sense. I guess I have a dirty mind.

Just to round things out...

Perfect breasts
(o)(o)

Fake silicone breasts
( + )( + )

Perky breasts
(*)(*)

Big nipple breasts
(@)(@)

"A" cups
o o

"D" cups
{ O }{ O }

Wonder bra breasts
(oYo)

Cold breasts
( ^ )( ^ )

Lopsided breasts
(o)(O)

Pierced Breasts
(Q)(O)

Hanging Tassels Breasts
(p)(p)

Grandma's Breasts
\ o /\ o /

Against The Shower Door Breasts
( )( )

Android Breasts
| o | | o |

OK...I give up. What in the sam hill is that? :confused:

never mind. didn't work without the spaces.

If I'm not mistaken those would be high fives.

<\\\\\\\\\\\\>~~~~

smoke em' if you got em'

Really though, I typically hate all these types of things. I never understand what they are unless there's a discussion about them like this one. It always takes me forever to figure out crazy abbreviations as well.

It's meant to be a hand (fliping someone off). :)

Ive always known ^^ to be the same as ^_^ the japanese style smilies ( vastly better imo heh ) meaning happy. Though i have seen it used as i agree with the above in chat

I'm confused by some of the names in the Titty Board like HEGRE, NSFW and others like those

,,!,, is the correct way to do this

From other boards I know NSFW to be Not Suitable For Work 9or some aproximation thereof).

I have no clue what HEGRE means though.

lol, I've seen it used that way before...

Herge is a photographer who does "tasteful" nude photos as opposed to "pornography". It's more artsy.

http://www.hegre-archives.com/

I know it has to do with math, but I'm not sure what.
What does this stand for "!="?

!= is a programming term .. it means 'not equal' or conversationally 'is not'

Well damn, it's not even math, eh?
Another of my list of lifes' questions answered. ;)

Thanks, Halx. I appreciate it. :)

Thank you for the explanation. He claims to be an artist then? ;)

Not that that is too hard. Hell, I claim to be an artist.

Dude, I am laughing so hard right now!

i thought it was a wang like "C=====3" was i ever wrong!

Now this is what I call an informative thread! It took me forfuckingever to figure out that heart thing. I only recently got it myself. That coffee cup had my eyes crossing- thanks, Mal! :p

I much prefer to think of it as that. Thanks. :)

^5

high five yknow :)\m/

i would like to meet one of these. (_$_)
a rich ass. & hopefully one that's generous! ;)

\_/7 <--- i'd never seen that one. thanks! i like it.

I know, I just like my version better.

mess.be has a bunch of multi line copy pastes for those that use MSN. Ah, ASCII Art. Does it get any better than that?