Everyone knows that communication on the internet has its oddities.<\/p>\n
There are memes<\/a>,<\/strong> where people make endless different captions for a single image. There are acronyms which don’t make sense unless you spend lots of time online.<\/p>\n And, of course, there are smileys (also known as emoticons or emoji<\/a><\/strong>). In this post, we’ll take a look at the meaning of the smiley <3 and how to use it in a sentence.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When it’s used as a smiley, <3 represents a heart. People on the internet might use this to show that they care about someone or something. Like most smileys, <3 is usually placed at the end of a sentence or message. However, it can also be used in place of the word “love” in a sentence.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unlike some terms used online, <3 doesn’t have a unique<\/a><\/strong> backstory.<\/p>\n There’s no clever origin at a fancy university dating back to ARPANET like with 😉 or an origin going back hundreds of years like the humble #.<\/p>\n Instead, <3 simply looks like a stylized heart drawing if you squint and tilt your head to one side. That’s really all there is to it!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As with most smileys, the most common way to use <3 is to place it at the end of a sentence or other message.<\/p>\n Placing a heart in this location just shows general feelings of some kind of love, whether it’s romantic or strictly platonic. In most cases, then, you shouldn’t read anything into a <3 every now and again.<\/p>\n You can think of it as a way to show general excitedness, contentment, or love (in the broadest possible sense) and shouldn’t interpret it to mean someone has romantic feelings for you personally, even if it’s in a message directed at you.<\/p>\n Grammar and punctuation on the internet are often optional, of course. But generally speaking, the correct way to use <3 at the end of a sentence is to just add a space and then add your smiley. <\/p>\n These three messages all show the smiley <3 in typical examples.<\/p>\n Note that, although each of the messages could<\/em> be romantic, they could also just be happy in general.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An even simpler way to use <3 is to place it by itself in a sentence.<\/p>\n This is the internet! A smiley can be a whole sentence by itself, and don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise.<\/p>\n More seriously, <3 by itself is usually a response to something someone else has said. You might see a single <3 or even a whole string of them.<\/p>\n Much like when <3 is used after a sentence, don’t read too much into it. It could mean anything from “I am madly in love with you” to “thanks” or “I’m excited.” <\/p>\n Here, the respondent probably just likes kitten pictures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the most iconic t-shirts, if there is such a thing, has to be the one that has the word “I,” a picture of a heart, and then “New York.”<\/p>\n It’s obvious from looking at the shirt that the heart is standing in for the word “love,” and in the same way, you can use the <3 smiley to replace the word love in a message online.<\/p>\n In this case, it’s a simple one to one swap. Just remove the word “love” from your sentence and stick a <3 in there instead.<\/p>\n The meaning doesn’t change. <\/p>\n In each of these examples, the <3 could easily be replaced with the word “love.”<\/p>\n There is no particular change in meaning just because the <3 symbol was used instead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally<\/a>, it’s worth noting there are more unusual ways to use <3.<\/p>\n Most people who use <3 don’t think anything of it. The characters that make it up are just forming a picture of a heart, end of story.<\/p>\nWhat is the meaning of <3?<\/h2>\n
The origin story of a romantic smiley<\/h2>\n
Using <3 at the end of a sentence<\/h2>\n
\nIn fact, some people just throw hearts on the end of everything because they like hearts.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\nExample Sentences<\/h3>\n
Using <3 by itself<\/h2>\n
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\n“<3 <3”<\/div>\n
\nThe <3 is probably romantic in origin in this case, since flowers are involved. But the meaning is something like “see you soon” and “I’m excited” all mixed together, regardless.<\/p>\nUsing <3 in place of the word “love”<\/h2>\n
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<3 extreme edition<\/h2>\n