Origin of xD

[Shiny]

xD Came from the womb of XD. GOSH

[aquatius]

I remember for years thing "WTF is XD?" (Looking at it as letters) But seriously, it's XD, not xD.

[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.

[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.

[Caraliz]

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.

[Croyles]

^_^

[Jessweeee♪]

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

[bipper]

sexDel

jut the junction point of two of my favorite words.

[eestlinc]

enZee?

[Araciel]

sexDel

jut the junction point of two of my favorite words.

i get the sex (as often as possible)

but why the other word?

[Miriel]

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...

[Big D]

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...

[Rengori]

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.

[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.

[Calliope]

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*