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#1 2012-02-09 06:54:26
- anonimnystefy
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What is this called???
what are things like 
, :facepalm: , :evilgrin: called?
i know they are a kind of smileys but not sure if they have a name of their own.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
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#2 2012-02-09 07:03:19
- bobbym
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Re: What is this called???
The ones I use are called emoticons.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.