Origin of xD

On the Pomona freeway there is a billboard for a new Scion car. The slogan is 'The new xD'. xD has become mainstream.

Where did xD come from? I admit it's not a terribly difficult smiley to discover on your own, but I always thought that xD originated at this site. I wasn't much of an internet savvy when I came here (still probably not), but I did not even see a hint of xD until I came here, where it ran rampant. Wikipedia says that it came from an episode of South Park, but I am unfamiliar with the episode.

xD isn't as rampant here as it used to be. I discovered xD first here too. People in FFXI do XD though and it gets me mad. xD not XD!

I only use XD under extreme xD circumstances.

OMG we have a Scion xB

But the XBuckteeth never caught on like xDorkface did :/

I use XD a lot though. I think they say it comes from south park because that is the way teh faces look sometimes :/

I use XD, not xD.
It's become a habit of mine.

Someone I know typed it and I just kinda took it up.
I don't remember who though.
x.x

I wouldn't be surprised if it originated with South Park. I know they sometimes make a face that clearly resembles an XD.

Eh, I just assumed if was one of those things that everyone came up with.

Yeah, it's impossible to trace stuff like this. I'm sure that someone, somewhere did it before South Park even existed.

I remember making emoticons very similar to 'xD' back on Prodigy chat rooms.

I first started using xD after coming to this site. however, when my activity at this website started to die out, so did my usage of the xD smiley. coincidence?

it came from your mom

also, spam

i use XD...just seems more fitting to me.

I've heard many stories pointing to Japanese anime, which wouldn't surprise me, it's a common animated face.

I xD all the freaking time. Someone stop me. ;x I use way too many smileys.

i too started using xD when i first came here/chat.

although more or less now i use :D

Editaga: or : + D since it converted to smiliey.

I saw a bum picking up trash off the 2 the other day.

I don't recall where xD originated from, but I was introduced to it here. I remember around 2001 or so, back when Cid was very active, a member named Rydia of Mist (lol, hi Bas!) brought XD to EoFF. I am pretty sure, then there was that whole debate between XD and xD, with the latter eventually "winning".

That was amusing back then.

xD

YAY! I finally did it! (I've never used xD before)