Uwu partially coincident with furry fandom
Usage and variants
uwu is often used to denote cuteness, happiness, or tenderness. Excessive usage of the emoticon can also have the intended effect of annoying its recipient. The emoticon has been popular in the furry fandom.uwu also has a more surprised and sometimes allusive variant, owo (or OwO; also associated with the furry fandom and often the response, "what's this?") that may also denote cuteness, as well as curiosity and perplexion. owo originated in 2016, and gained popularity in 2018; as opposed to uwu, the o characters represent open eyes. It is also sometimes used for trolling.History
uwu is known to date back as far as April 11, 2000, when it was used by furry artist Ghislain Deslierres in a post on the furry art site VCL (Vixen Controlled Library). A 2005 anime fanfiction contained another early use of the word. The origin of the term is unknown, with many people believing it to originate in Internet chat rooms. By 2014, the emoticon had spread across the Internet into Tumblr, becoming an Internet subculture.The word uwu is included in the Royal Spanish Academy's word observatory, defined as an "emoticon used to show happiness or tenderness".
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