<3

This emoticon literally means "heart" since that is what it looks when viewed sideways. In IM language though, it's a less serious way of saying somebody you "love" them, or at least "care for" them. Even if you do really "love" somebody, you don't want to say it every minute and every day -- it gets old and may even scare him or her. So, use "<3" for normal every day conversations, reserving "love" during the times you really want the other to know you mean it.

(Sample IM chat)

you: ok, i'm going to sleep now.
her: nitey nite <3
you: <3 you too.

(sign off)

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<3

A heart shaped symbol typically sent from someone to their significant other via text message, email, etc.

1. Usually used when one has strong emotions for another that are hard to express, i.e love, happiness

Commonly used when one is too shy to say "I love you" for fear of it being taken the wrong way, or scaring off the person receiving the message

"Alex, I really like you, and hypothetically speaking, I miss you more. <3"

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.3~

The representation of a zero followed by an infinite number of decimal three's. Can also be written as "0.333.." This number is exactly equal to 1/3, a fact that people with weak mathematical understanding usually don't get.

This "controversy" has a tendency to appear again and again in various forums and discussions and places on the net, to the annoyance of everyone.

Proof:

x = 0.333..
10x = 3.333..
10x - x = 3.333.. - 0.333..
9x = 3
x = 1/3

Noooo, not the 0.333... debate AGAIN!

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<3

This is the ASCII representation of several meanings

1) a heart (symbolizing love)
2) a ballbag
3) an ice cream cone
4) less than 3

1) i <3 you (I love you)
2) my <3 > your <3 (my ballbag is bigger than yours)
3) I wish I had an <3 (caution: could be misinterpreted as meaning 2)
4) I have <3 dollars

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=)3

A face with a Peter Griffin-like chin.

guy1: hey that Peter guy from "Family Guy" is so funny!
guy2: =)3

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#3

It ain't #1 and it ain't #2, it's #3...butt pee

After eating bad clam chowder, I had a horrible case of #3.

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3>

1.) An asshat. "3" is the ass and ">" is the hat. The opposite of <3, which is just a plain ass.

Prinny_d00d_117: I <3 you.
1337sp4nk3r: You --ass-- me?
Prinny_d00d_117: No, you fool.
1337sp4nk3r: 3>
Prinny_d00d_117: ZOMFG. I am not an asshat.

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