Where it comes from
The x eyes come from cartoons, where a character who is knocked out or fainted gets crosses for eyes. The _ is a slack mouth.
When to use it
Use it after a brutal workout, an exam, a long shift or losing a game. People also use it for "I'm dead" after something very funny.
Examples
- Finals week is over and so am I (x_x)
- Leg day was a mistake (x_x)
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.
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U+0028left parenthesisx
U+0078latin small letter x_
U+005Flow line)
U+0029right parenthesis