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what does (Y) and (8) mean on things like facebook and twitter? - HereiAm - 09-30-2012 11:45 AM
what does (Y) and (8) mean on things like facebook and twitter?
does it mean like good and bad or summin??
- Sensco - 09-30-2012 11:53 AM
Y alone is just a short way to type 'why'. 8 is used in things like l8r. Using 'l' '8' and 'r', you just spelled later.
- Apple - 09-30-2012 11:53 AM
They're shortcuts for emoticons used in MSN.
(Y) = thumbs up
(8) = music note
- cdfloory2 - 09-30-2012 11:53 AM
(Y) and (8) are MSN shortcuts from ye days of olde - (y) meaning "thumbs up" (smiley), (n) meaning "thumbs down" (smiley), (8) being a musical note. I don't know how they're used elsewhere, I guess it just makes sense if you know them.