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scottv aka Scott VanDenPlas is a 31.08 year old boy, has been a member since July 4, 2006, has scored 22976 submissions, giving an average score of 1.31.
  Mar 19 '09 by scottv        97 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
The most complex of the emoticons, the frowny wink is very complicated and conflicted. Just look at it:

;(

It is obviously sad, but it is sad with an inclusive wink... like it knows something that I don't. Thus the wink, saying "i wish you were in on this secret but I just can't tell you." And apparently that secret is sad. I believe the frowny wink has the potential to be used in creepy ways, I am just not sure I know how to yet.

What is a proper use, in context, for the frowny wink as an emoticon?
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tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Mar 19 '09 at 11:50am
"You look really beautiful today. Also, I'm sorry to hear about your father. I'll see you at the cemetery?"
katapawl
katapawl on Mar 19 '09 at 11:52am
I have never seen a frowny wink before!!! It is quite conflicted haha!
CharlesFesta
CharlesFesta on Mar 19 '09 at 11:52am
I took a dump in my roommates bathroom then walked carefully to my bathroom to finish up the biz....later that day my roommate lifted the seat to find a surprise.... that calls for a ;( Does that work?
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 11:52am
;(
TheInfamousBaka
TheInfamousBaka on Mar 19 '09 at 11:53am
Maybe it's a little tear and not a wink? "You're hot... oh you're breaking up with me? Well, you still look hot."
Steve The Great
Steve The Great on Mar 19 '09 at 11:54am
);
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 11:54am
;(
Cochon
Cochon on Mar 19 '09 at 11:54am
dont forget the emotionless wink

;|
Rachel Ray Gun
   Rachel Ray Gun on Mar 19 '09 at 11:55am
Ask yourself this question when using the frowny wink: Is Curlee sitting in my lap right now?
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Mar 19 '09 at 11:55am
maybe it's actually a black eye. "i only hit you because i love you" sort of thing.
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Mar 19 '09 at 11:55am
;-{(
Gigguli
Gigguli on Mar 19 '09 at 11:55am
tracerbuller, IT WORKS!
upso
upso on Mar 19 '09 at 11:56am
;(P
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 11:56am
No, it is a wink for sure. Tears are like this:

:'-(

And that is according to wikipedia
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 11:57am
Rachel just made me frowny wink
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Mar 19 '09 at 11:57am
;-/
professorE
professorE on Mar 19 '09 at 11:58am
I'm sorry I slept with someone close to you. You'll find out who soon enough.
;(
davidfromdallas
   davidfromdallas on Mar 19 '09 at 11:58am
it's totally gotta be follin you with it's sadness. like 'GET IT?!? I'm SAD but not?!?"

umm wut?
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 11:59am
upso, is that a frowny wink with a protruding tongue smile? astounding, I never knew the envelope could be pushed that far.

It looks like king hippo from mike tyson's punch out.
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Mar 19 '09 at 12:00pm
"i don't wanna date with you anymore, but i'd love it if we could still fool around whenever it's convenient with me ;( "
PuppetMeat
PuppetMeat on Mar 19 '09 at 12:00pm
I think it's a masochistic wink. Kinda like "hey, stop that...wait, no, hit me with that tire iron" sort of deal.

;(
spacesick 2
spacesick 2 on Mar 19 '09 at 12:01pm
he's frowny winking because he just got a 0$
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:01pm
"Here have this piece of pie, I have my thumb in it. ;("
sonmi
   sonmi on Mar 19 '09 at 12:01pm
oh man i hate king hippo
alexmdc
   alexmdc on Mar 19 '09 at 12:02pm
"I got your pregnant while you were sleeping"
carlie-o
carlie-o on Mar 19 '09 at 12:03pm
I'm with tracerbullet. Scott we've been over this! The frowny wink is most definitely a just-punched-in-the-eye face.
carlie-o
carlie-o on Mar 19 '09 at 12:05pm
In conversation, maybe an emoticon for "touché"
TimScribble
TimScribble on Mar 19 '09 at 12:06pm
I think it's the just ate something sour face. Makes you sad and your eye wink.
opifan64
   opifan64 on Mar 19 '09 at 12:07pm
Business is slowing down a lot and I have to pretend to be sad so the boss doesn't know that i'm actually thrilled ;(
Steve The Great
Steve The Great on Mar 19 '09 at 12:07pm
)c;
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:07pm
King Hippo!
sonmi
   sonmi on Mar 19 '09 at 12:08pm
UGH
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:08pm
"Mariah Carey is making another movie! ;("
squintygirl
squintygirl on Mar 19 '09 at 12:08pm
'Help, I'm having a stroke.' ;(
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:08pm
Sorry sonmi
noodlezoop
noodlezoop on Mar 19 '09 at 12:09pm
totally punched in the eye. Brian called it. look, it's all gross and swollen and everything.

either that or "I was putting my mascara on and I poked myself with the brush, goddamn that smarts ; ("

...although...that might be more like ;'(
jpiatt
   jpiatt on Mar 19 '09 at 12:10pm
couldn't it be used for something like "I'm joking", but at the same time it's still sad. examples:

I would run that marathon with you this weekend, if it weren't for my AIDs! ;(

or

I was going to visit you in NYC this weekend, but I'm affraid of slamming into a building. ;(
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:13pm
"I ate an entire bag of baby carrots. ;("
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Mar 19 '09 at 12:15pm
"I just watched every episode of Stargate SG-1 until I vomited ;( "
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:20pm
"I used the consonant Y where the vowel Y was necessary. ;("
outline
outline on Mar 19 '09 at 12:23pm
"I just slipped some sedatives into the neighbor's dog's food just so it would stop barking" ;(
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:28pm
"I just ate my neighbor's dog food and now I feel sleepy ;("
outline
outline on Mar 19 '09 at 12:29pm
touché, my good man. touché.
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:37pm
I can't think of a creepy instance yet.

Maybe "Have you seen my new mustache? It looks best in the lighting of this windowless van. ;("
roadkill3d
   roadkill3d on Mar 19 '09 at 12:37pm
"It was very humid and I just swam into a pool of vomit. ;("
BaronVonMonkey
   BaronVonMonkey on Mar 19 '09 at 12:38pm
It's also far more difficult to carry out a frowny wink IRL than a smiley wink. Try it.

;(
Ste7en
   Ste7en on Mar 19 '09 at 12:40pm
The frowny wink is when two friends are being tortured and one friend has a plan. It is taught in the military to only the most covert operatives, so I am kinda amazed you know of its existence.
staffell
staffell on Mar 19 '09 at 12:40pm
what a great blog D;
scottv
scottv on Mar 19 '09 at 12:46pm
Mustache enhancing lighting found inside:



;(
acidargyle
acidargyle on Mar 19 '09 at 1:16pm
"That shouldn't have felt good, but it did. ;( "

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