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Translingual
Punctuation mark
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- (Internet slang) Encloses a word or phrase to indicate emphasis; especially, used in plain-text contexts to simulate italics or boldface.
- Synonyms: / /, _ _
This is a *big* problem.
2020 May 26, “The White House is getting *very* worried about the Senate majority”, in CNN (in English), retrieved 2 October 2020:
- (chiefly Internet slang) Encloses an interpretation; an action described as if it were actually happening; in English, typically written in the third person.
- Synonym: < >
I have something for you! *gives her a cookie*
*stares absentmindedly at the wall*
*facepalm*
*internal screaming*
2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):If you're reading this mere days before your show date (felt), place a one-two punch Amazon order of a pink hospital gown and fake blood and call it a day. If I were going to the tour *sigh* this is the section I'd be shopping.
