Still can't figure it out . . . what the heck is this Smiley?

[ICallMyselfCherie']

Can anyone enlighten me?

 

[canada-goose]

Someone taping their mouth shut, I think.

 

[ICallMyselfCherie']

Woah, fastest response ever!!!

Lol, looks like you're not too sure . . .

Actually, that makes sense, I think you're right. I was totally stumped.

Thank you!!

 

[grundail01]

lol it's for when you really have a comment, but then you think about it. Like the little kid who says a curse word and realizes what he just said

 

[crazyaboutchickens]

you know i've never thought about it as some tape. i always thought it was a brick . haha

 

[Laurajean]

My guess is tape or possibly a small section of sheet metal ( I think I see rivets) .....

I think the use for it could be a couple of things. It could refer to someone else who won't shut up, it could refer to yourself when you can't shut up, or you could put it in place of a comment that you really want to say but know you shouldn't!

 

[saddina]

I see it often unsed in place of a "bad" word. Example:

My ex husband is a

.

Or she makes me so mad i wanna

 

[chickenpea]

*It looked like the smiley was going blah blah blah on and on so it got it mouth taped. Like I want to do to a certain coworker !!!!

 

[Why and Dotte]

I've never seen it as that! I always thought it was someone REALLY excited and they were hyperventilating or something

(the white being teeth)

 

[Fierlin1182]

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So I'm not the only one who thinks so?!

I personally don't use this smiley a lot. I'm sure that a lot of people on here would love to use it on me at one time or another though.

Such as when I'm going around reviving dead threads that I found deep in the depths of nowhere, and then start rambling away on them.