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10-23-2011, 03:19 PM
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I've seen people using terms which I don't understand such as:
:bump: 
:eyebrows: 
Ect...
What do the : either side of word mean? |
10-23-2011, 03:30 PM
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10-23-2011, 03:33 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | The colon people type either side of a word is meant to insert a smiley icon (as you have done).
When it works, you get the smiley. When it doesn't work, it's because people have failed to insert a legitimate smiley.  :irony:
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10-23-2011, 05:08 PM
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10-23-2011, 05:16 PM
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colon.
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10-23-2011, 05:30 PM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | "ect" actually means "et cetera" and not necessary an abbreviation for ectoplasm or something like that. It's used by many members as an abbreviation of the abbreviation "etc"
:wink: :stick out tongue: ect ect ect
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Originally Posted by 6jase5 Cleavage heals. | Quote:
Originally Posted by machine gewehr I happened to have a better experience, a peegasm. | |
10-24-2011, 10:50 AM
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I frequent several forums and have tried to use smilies that aren't available here too  |
10-24-2011, 10:55 AM
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10-24-2011, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues Heh heh......
colon. | Hehehehe.....
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Originally Posted by Phalex I'm happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Princess Leia was the best hologram of ALL TIME!!!! | |
10-24-2011, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania most TB smilies do not appear as such on the TB iPhone app. They just appear as :randomword: whatever word between colons. | I've grown rather fond of the smug, hipster-esque, self-referential feigned ignorance displayed by some users on other forums where they intentionally put the random word between colons
E.g.,
:facepalm:
or
:OPsmotherwearsarmyboots: |
10-24-2011, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by machine gewehr I happened to have a better experience, a peegasm. | |
10-24-2011, 01:51 PM
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10-24-2011, 01:54 PM
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10-24-2011, 01:55 PM
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10-24-2011, 01:56 PM
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10-25-2011, 01:08 AM
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The ect was there because I didn't want to list anymore... If you knew what it meant how didn't you pick up on the way I meant it? |
10-25-2011, 01:44 AM
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10-25-2011, 03:11 AM
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10-25-2011, 03:28 AM
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Originally Posted by FreeBassJunky At the risk of sounding like an idiot, what the heck is GAS? | Gear acquisition syndrome, the most crippling ailment known to musician kind.
I currently have it for pedals.
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10-25-2011, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by skarspastahair Ok thanks.
The ect was there because I didn't want to list anymore... If you knew what it meant how didn't you pick up on the way I meant it? | :smartass:
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