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Stylized uwu emoticon blushing

uwu, also stylized as UwU, is an emoticon indicating cuteness. The u characters represent eyes, while the w represents a mouth.[1][2]

Usage

uwu is often used to denote cuteness, happiness, or tenderness.[2][3] Excessive usage of the emoticon can also have the intended effect of annoying its recipient.[4] The emoticon has been popular in the furry fandom.[2] It also has a more surprised and sometimes allusive variant, OwO (also associated with the furry fandom and often the response, "what's this?")[2] that may too denote cuteness, as well as curiosity and perplexion.[5]

History

uwu is known to date back as far as 2005, in an anime fanfiction. The origin of the word is unknown, with many people believing it to originate in Internet chat rooms. By 2014, the emoticon had spread across the Internet into Tumblr, becoming an Internet subculture.[4]

The word uwu is included in the Royal Spanish Academy's word observatory,[a] defined as an "emoticon used to show happiness or tenderness".[3][7]

Notable uses

In 2018, the official Twitter account tweeted "uwu" in response to a tweet by an artist on October 22, 2018.[8][9]

In 2020, the U.S. Army Esports Twitter account tweeted "uwu" in reply to a tweet by Discord, which was met by significant backlash from Twitter users. This event culminated in a trend of attempting to get banned from the U.S. Army Esports Discord server as quickly as possible, with a common technique being to link to the Wikipedia article on the war crimes committed by the United States.[10][11]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The word observatory is a website owned by the Royal Spanish Academy featuring words that are not included in the Diccionario de la lengua española and haven't been considered for inclusion, but for which people have wanted to know the meaning of, such as technical terms, neologisms, and foreign words.[6]

References

  1. ^ "uwu". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Turner, Amy-Mae (May 26, 2019). "What does 'uwu' mean?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "uwu". Observatorio de palabras de la Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Srinivasan, Janani Mangai (February 22, 2020). "The Origin and Spread of 'UWU' — The Word That Epitomizes Cuteness". Study Breaks. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "People Have Discovered This Weird Furry Meme Is An Actual Word And It's Making Them Scream". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Morales, Manuel (October 23, 2020). "La RAE presenta su nueva web, con un 'Observatorio' de palabras que no están en el 'Diccionario'". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  7. ^ Mouse (October 28, 2020). "La RAE aclaró las dudas boomers sobre 'uwu'". La Tercera. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  8. ^ @Twitter (October 22, 2018). "uwu" (Tweet). Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Thomas, Miles (October 22, 2018). "Why Did the Official Twitter Account Tweet 'uwu'???". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  10. ^ @USArmyesports (June 30, 2020). "uwu" (Tweet). Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Hernandez, Patricia (July 1, 2020). "The US Army is losing the war in Discord". Polygon. Retrieved June 4, 2021.

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