Where it comes from
The ~ marks on both sides are waving arms and motion lines, ‾ are content, closed eyes, and ▿ (a small down-pointing triangle) is an open, smiling mouth. It is often paired with its mirror (~‾▿‾)~ to show swaying back and forth.
When to use it
Use it for good news, weekends, finished tasks, or just being in a good mood. It is light and friendly, so it fits most casual chats but not serious or sad topics.
Examples
- It's Friday! ~(‾▿‾~)
- Finally submitted the report ~(‾▿‾~) (~‾▿‾)~
Variants to copy
What it is made of
Every character in the face with its Unicode code point — handy if one shows up as a box on a friend's phone.
~
U+007Etilde(
U+0028left parenthesis‾
U+203Eoverline▿
U+25BFwhite down-pointing small triangle)
U+0029right parenthesis