- What is: v used for?
- The rat boy: another use
- Types of: v
- Sad pac-man
- Angry pac-man
- Mexican pac-man
- Christmas pac-man
- Other pac-man
- Reference
The emoticon: v emerged on the social network facebook and is used as if it were Pac-man, the protagonist of the homonymous arcade video game, in which a yellow ball with a mouth eats up the dots in a maze.
Usually: v is written at the end of a sentence or comment to convey irony. For example: "ah, I didn't know: v." It conveys sarcasm when responding to a message that someone else has left.
However, there is not just one type of: v, in fact users have developed many other types on the web. We will see some of them later.
Currently, we use various emoticons when we speak through various web pages, on social networks, when we write messages, among others. Emoticons are icons that convey emotions that are difficult to express through words or that can be expressed with images more easily.
In this sense, the emoticon system, also called “emojis”, follows the premise of “a picture is worth a thousand words”.
In recent years, the: v, an emoticon known as Pac-man, a character from the game with the same name, and "the rat boy" has become popular.
What is: v used for?
The main use of this emoticon is to express grace, irony, and sarcasm. This is the use that has been widely disseminated on social networks. It is placed at the end of jokes that are not funny and at the end of comments that are false to indicate that the meaning of the sentence is the opposite.
The: v emoticon is also used in memes (funny images).
In this case, the symbol: v has the same meaning as the image of the husky dog that tells curious jokes.
The symbol: v is usually accompanied by misspelled comments that may be offensive; This is why many users of various networks have begun to experience aversion towards those who use this emoticon.
The rat boy: another use
On the Internet, the "rat boy" is defined as a person who only plays Minecraft and Call of Duty and believes that this is why he is a "gamer" (person who has skills in a wide variety of games).
The name "rat boy" comes from the Simpsons, since in a chapter Homer nicknames his son Bart "rat boy".
The: v emoticon is also used to refer to rat children. When a possible rat child writes a message or something nonsensical, you can reply with "ah: v" or a similar message.
Types of: v
There are several uses of: v
In this case it is used to identify the "rat children". When they make a comment on a network with an excess of spelling mistakes (for example: “pero k dise, illo”), the other users respond with a: v. In this context, the emoticon means "you are saying nonsense or nonsensical things."
Sad pac-man
It is used to express sadness.
Angry pac-man
It is used to express anger.
Mexican pac-man
It is used to express that something is Mexican.
Christmas pac-man
Other pac-man
; v Pacman winking
(• <•) Pacman face
-: v Pacman unibrow
E: v Pacman Frankenstein
.v one-eyed Pacman
Bv Pacman with glasses
v Pacman robocop
^ <^ Pacman kawaii
Reference
- Urban Dictionary: v. Retrieved on June 6, 2017, from urbandictionary.com.
- What does pacman emoticon mean? Retrieved on June 6, 2017, from askmefast.com.
- What does the emoticon: v mean? Retrieved on June 6, 2017, from quora.com.
- Urban Dictionary: Ratboy. Retrieved on June 6, 2017, from urbandictionary.com.
- What does ratboy mean? Retrieved on June 6, 2017, from onlineslangdictionary.com.