Origin of xD

[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.

[eestlinc]

enZee?

Nah bro, it's enzed.

I made up enZee even if you people say something different!

[Nominus Experse]

I've never used it

[Evastio]

xD probably came from the same place (: and )=< did.

[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.

[Lawr]

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
is pathetic
and XD wins.

[Miriel]

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

[Fonzie]

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

Quite so, old chap.