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sarahsarah



Joined: 05 Aug 2004
Location: Bundang

PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:43 am    Post subject: ��?? Reply with quote

In the past few days I've noticed most of my boy students have picked up the word "hur". Maybe they used it all along and I never noticed it before, but now they do it all the time and it's driving me crazy.

What does �� mean?? From what I gather it's pretty much the equivalent of this -.-; emoticon. The sweaty one. I don't understand what the sweat means either.

Anybody know what it means or have students that do this? Is this a new thing?
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It could be translated as *gulp!*

Sparkles*_*
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Zyzyfer



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's pretty common and not new; it's used only by kids and what it means...essentially, it means you're surprised by something.

The -_-' icon more means you're embarassed. It's taken from anime references.
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chronicpride



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've also heard ���. I'm pretty sure that there are regional dialects for something like this.
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JacktheCat



Joined: 08 May 2004

PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:59 pm    Post subject: Re: ��?? Reply with quote

It means that you find something surprising and funny and stupid.

I've heard it used mostly by teenage girls.
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The way they say it, I thought it might be similar to "ssullung" --- not real funny, just like a Bush joke that isn't really a joke. Example: middle school girl asks "You cut your hair?" I say, "No, someone else did."

"hul"
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