^______________^

Intermediate 📱 Gen-Z / Internet Slang

Definition

An exaggerated text-based emoticon featuring an extremely wide smile, used to convey either genuine overwhelming happiness or thinly-veiled sarcastic innocence when you're clearly guilty of something. The length of the underscore indicates the intensity of either your joy or your obvious lying. It's the digital equivalent of a kid with cookie crumbs on their face insisting they didn't raid the cookie jar.

Example Usage

Mom: Who ate all the leftover pizza? Me: No idea! ^______________^

Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%5E______________%5E&defid=1140301)

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