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Translingual edit
Punctuation mark edit
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- Represents a mouth vertically aligned, in order to form emoticons.
- Separates a number or letter from an item in a list. Compare ( ), as in "(A) Milk, (B) Eggs, (C) Flour".
- A) New York, B) London, C) Paris.
- a) New York, b) London, c) Paris.
- 1) New York, 2) London, 3) Paris.
- I) New York, II) London, III) Paris.
- Used in ( ).
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:(.
Synonyms edit
- (separator between a number and an item) .
Symbol edit
)
- (mathematics) Denotes an open endpoint of an interval.
Synonyms edit
See also edit
- toi (Lojban)
- apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
- curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
- square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
- colon ( : )
- comma ( , )
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
- full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
- quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
- semicolon ( ; )
- slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
- space ( ] [ )
Chinese edit
Punctuation mark edit
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- used in ( )
Japanese edit
Punctuation mark edit
)
- Used in ( ).
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Evolved from :-). In the Russian keyboard layout, one has to press Shift+6 to type a colon, which is deemed inconvenient, particularly in instant messaging, as it requires both hands. As a result the smiley's eyes vanished over time.
Punctuation mark edit
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- (Internet slang, text messaging) :-), expressing happiness or amusement.
Usage notes edit
Usage of multiple brackets is used to emphasize the laughter or funiness, but it may also suggest an ironic or sarcastc tone. Multiple brackets with zeroes - )0 or (9 - are used similarly to !1, implying that shift key was released, expressing an emphasis. ")))" is not to be confused with ((( ))), known as a far-right symbol directed against Jewish people.
Antonyms edit
- ( (online slang, expression of sadness or disappointment)
Related terms edit
- ))) (online slang, expression of laughter)
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