Where it comes from
It is read upright like Japanese kaomoji, but it is mainly an English-internet emoticon. The mismatched o and O show one eye squinting and the other popping wide.
When to use it
Use it to react to something strange, random or suspicious in chat or comments. It can feel dismissive if you reply to someone's sincere message with it.
Examples
- Why is there a goat in the office o_O
- You ate that with ketchup? o_O
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.
o
U+006Flatin small letter o_
U+005Flow lineO
U+004Flatin capital letter o