Origin of xD

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09-05-2007, 04:45 AM
Del Murder

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.
09-05-2007, 04:55 AM
Miriel

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!
09-05-2007, 05:27 AM
Zeromus_X

I only use XD under extreme xD circumstances.
09-05-2007, 05:30 AM
mooglebunni608

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 :/
09-05-2007, 05:30 AM
Mogi

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
09-05-2007, 05:31 AM
Shlup

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.
09-05-2007, 05:35 AM
Necronopticous

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.
09-05-2007, 05:35 AM
Denmark

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?
09-05-2007, 05:36 AM
Araciel

it came from your mom

also, spam

i use XD...just seems more fitting to me.
09-05-2007, 05:39 AM
Clouded Sky

I've heard many stories pointing to Japanese anime, which wouldn't surprise me, it's a common animated face.
09-05-2007, 05:43 AM
Jojee

I xD all the freaking time. Someone stop me. ;x I use way too many smileys.
09-05-2007, 06:14 AM
snacks

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.
09-05-2007, 06:47 AM
Yamaneko

I saw a bum picking up trash off the 2 the other day.
09-05-2007, 06:57 AM
Agent Proto

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.
09-05-2007, 09:33 AM
BardTard

xD

YAY! I finally did it! (I've never used xD before)
09-05-2007, 09:38 AM
The Mog Ninja

I XD not xD, and I hate it when people Xd or xd. That's just stupid.

Also, I introduced "soz" to Runescape :)
09-05-2007, 09:54 AM
Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necronopticous

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.

South Park began August 13th 1997... I wouldn't be surprised if it became popular around the same time, but I'm fairly certain that it would have started before that, yeah.

EDIT: I agree with Miriel, too. XD is annoying.
09-05-2007, 10:03 AM
Baloki

I once went to the land of exDee...
09-05-2007, 10:06 AM
The Mog Ninja

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baloki

I once went to the land of exDee...

There...is...no God...
09-05-2007, 10:16 AM
theundeadhero

There is no longer a Land of exDee :(
09-05-2007, 11:28 AM
Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by theundeadhero

There is no longer a Land of exDee :(

My leaving caused that much damage :O We're doomed :cry:
09-05-2007, 03:02 PM
fredsanford

I was bored of XD in like a few weeks. Once dude got popular I hated it too...I mean over used in our time.
09-05-2007, 03:06 PM
Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by theundeadhero

There is no longer a Land of exDee :(

Yes there is. "Site Staff Forum (Land of exDee)" would be it.
09-05-2007, 03:16 PM
Madame Adequate

I don't remember where I first saw it. I've seen plenty of variations, too. One of the more interesting ones is X'D but I maintain that unless you're mashing caps in ecstasy at something, the proper form is xD.

Unless you're me, in which case the proper form is HuxD.
09-05-2007, 03:33 PM
edczxcvbnm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jojee

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

You totally infected me with your use of XD....XD
09-05-2007, 03:44 PM
Shauna

I only started using xD after I came here. It's like... some kind if infection! :(
09-05-2007, 04:05 PM
Iceglow

I'm an emoticon freak I do :) I do (: I do :-) I do (-: I do ;) I do :-) I do (; I do (-; I do lots including xD and X_X!
09-05-2007, 04:13 PM
rubah

xD was definitely at the board Watch Out For Snakes before early 2001, in the form "XD"
09-05-2007, 05:43 PM
theundeadhero

Apparently the action of watching out for snakes can cause several faces to break into an xD at once.

Quote:

Yes there is. "Site Staff Forum (Land of exDee)" would be it.

Don't you tell me that! It's no longer a land of it's own. It's been taken over invaders from the Site Staff forum and renamed to suit their needs. Land of exDee is just what the stubborn old citizens call it because they refuse to change.
09-05-2007, 06:07 PM
Ouch!

EoFF definitely got me stuck on xD, and I still use it frequently. In instant messaging conversations I use far too many text emoticons for my own good, but it makes me feel like an individual 'cause all my friends use all the crappy default smilies.

I did steal a custom smilie for xD from someone here. It was actually pretty good, but I don't think I have it anymore nor do I remember off whom I nicked it.
09-05-2007, 06:39 PM
Shiny

xD Came from the womb of XD. GOSH
09-05-2007, 08:23 PM
aquatius

I remember for years thing "WTF is XD?" (Looking at it as letters) But seriously, it's XD, not xD.
09-05-2007, 08:38 PM
Meat Puppet

I saw it frequently used by a Dutch man named Maurice, several years before I arrived here. I didn’t see the lowercase x until at least FFI, though.
09-05-2007, 08:39 PM
oddler

Like Miriel said, FFXI. As XD. Shortly after, I joined here and saw Rye type it as xD. I hardly ever use it out of FFXI.
09-05-2007, 09:14 PM
Caraliz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meat Puppet

I saw it frequently used by a Dutch man named Maurice, several years before I arrived here. I didn’t see the lowercase x until at least FFI, though.

Oh, that Maurice! I miss him. :cry:
09-05-2007, 10:06 PM
Croyles

^_^
09-06-2007, 01:59 AM
Jessweeee♪

Quote:

Originally Posted by Del Murder

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.

I first saw it when I went in my first chatroom at PTCO!

I immediately thought of South Park when someone explained to me that it was a laughing face, because that's just how their faces look like o.o
09-06-2007, 05:59 PM
bipper

sexDel

jut the junction point of two of my favorite words.
09-09-2007, 03:48 AM
eestlinc

enZee?
09-09-2007, 03:50 AM
Araciel

Quote:

Originally Posted by bipper

sexDel

jut the junction point of two of my favorite words.

i get the sex (as often as possible)

but why the other word?
09-09-2007, 03:56 AM
Miriel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyslexicon

Quote:

Originally Posted by bipper

sexDel

jut the junction point of two of my favorite words.

i get the sex (as often as possible)

but why the other word?

Pfft! If you even have to ask...
09-09-2007, 04:54 AM
Big D

Quote:

Originally Posted by eestlinc

enZed?

Fixed.

Someone, somewhere, came up with xD first... but like the rest of the smileys, it'd be basically impossible to trace it exactly.
I've read a few law reports from the 1800s that had :] in them. I used to pretend that they were the world's first emoticons...
09-09-2007, 08:04 AM
Rengori

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessweeee♪

Quote:

Originally Posted by Del Murder

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.

I immediately thought of South Park when someone explained to me that it was a laughing face, because that's just how their faces look like o.o

Only for like one episode.

And also according to Wikipedia, xD is the model of the car, which is awesome but probably not intentionally named after our beloved emoticon.
09-09-2007, 02:52 PM
cloud_doll

I first saw it here, used as XD. I started using it like that, but then later on myspace I saw it used as xD, so I started using THAT one.

I'm a followrrr.
09-10-2007, 08:50 AM
Calliope

Quote:

Originally Posted by eestlinc

enZee?

Nah bro, it's enzed.

Anyway, I believe xD was found somewhere betwixt xC and xE.

"xDDDDD" is a chain that is used whilst procrastinating essay writing!

*high-five*
09-10-2007, 09:22 PM
Heath

I'm another person who never used 'xD' until I came here. I've always thought it was either a non-descript anime thing or related to South Park in some way.
09-11-2007, 08:05 PM
eestlinc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calliope

Quote:

Originally Posted by eestlinc

enZee?

Nah bro, it's enzed.

I made up enZee even if you people say something different!
09-11-2007, 08:47 PM
Nominus Experse

I've never used it
09-11-2007, 11:33 PM
Evastio

xD probably came from the same place (: and )=< did.
09-12-2007, 12:01 AM
Mindflare

I seem to remember when it caught on in chat XD was the way everyone used it. Yet, when asked, everyone seems to say xD was how it has always been. I must have lost my mind at some point. Which is why I like XD.

But I always have to explain XD to friends outside of EoFF. It's origin could be anything to me, and I'd care not to worry about it.

And I always thought Scion's naming convention would lead to an xD model sooner or later. I'm sad I was right.
09-12-2007, 12:03 AM
Lawr

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necronopticous

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.

South Park began August 13th 1997... I wouldn't be surprised if it became popular around the same time, but I'm fairly certain that it would have started before that, yeah.

EDIT: I agree with Miriel, too. XD is annoying.

xD is annoying
:exdee: is pathetic
and XD wins.
09-12-2007, 12:18 AM
Miriel

No one on EoFF should ever use XD. It's so unEoFFian.
09-12-2007, 01:00 AM
Fonzie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miriel

No one on EoFF should ever use XD. It's so unEoFFian.

Quite so, old chap.

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