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edited Feb 28, 2011 at 14:38

Sometimes during instant messaging, people will want to express an action, possibly something where an acronym doesn't exist for, yet. They will type something like:

:: hugs ::
::jumps for joy::

The formula is generally opened by two colons, an action-description, and then closed by two colons. (:: action-description ::).

They will type something like:

:: hugs ::
::jumps for joy::

What is the name for this and where did it come from?

Sometimes during instant messaging, people will want to express an action, possibly something where an acronym doesn't exist for, yet. They will type something like:

:: hugs ::
::jumps for joy::

The formula is generally opened by two colons, action-description, and then closed by two colons. (:: action-description ::)

What is the name for this and where did it come from?

Sometimes during instant messaging, people will want to express an action, possibly something where an acronym doesn't exist for, yet. The formula is generally opened by two colons, an action-description, and then closed by two colons (:: action-description ::).

They will type something like:

:: hugs ::
::jumps for joy::

What is the name for this and where did it come from?

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asked Feb 28, 2011 at 7:10

spong

Where did ::action:: come from?

Sometimes during instant messaging, people will want to express an action, possibly something where an acronym doesn't exist for, yet. They will type something like:

:: hugs ::
::jumps for joy::

The formula is generally opened by two colons, action-description, and then closed by two colons. (:: action-description ::)

What is the name for this and where did it come from?

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