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what does (Y) and (8) mean on things like facebook and twitter?
09-30-2012, 11:45 AM
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what does (Y) and (8) mean on things like facebook and twitter?
what does (Y) and (8) mean on things like facebook and twitter?

does it mean like good and bad or summin??
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09-30-2012, 11:53 AM
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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.
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09-30-2012, 11:53 AM
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They're shortcuts for emoticons used in MSN.

(Y) = thumbs up
(8) = music note
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09-30-2012, 11:53 AM
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(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.
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