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Translingual
[edit]Punctuation mark
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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
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- (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
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- used in ( )
Japanese
[edit]Punctuation mark
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- 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
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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 sarcastic 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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