Post by @noodlejetski@masto.ai

2026-08-18 07:43 UTC

> 'XD’ is a commonly used Polish emoticon. Different capitalisations and the number of xs and ds influence the meaning. It was adopted from the West’s usage as an expression akin to 😆 when Poland properly embraced the internet in the 2000s, but unlike in the West it didn’t slide out of fashion and adopted more general, varied usage among Poles. Sometimes it is also used as a noun. https://fedi.vale.rocks/objects/d1dd659a-53b8-4815-b850-04731f602a1d https://vale.rocks/micros/20260818-0455

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@madargon@is-a.cat 2026-08-18 10:36

@noodlejetski@masto.ai before someone mentioned it here first time, I had kind of adblocker in my mind, which somehow filtered this cringe out (I never used this personally). And then I started noticing it in almost all chats and felt embarassed seeing it. Now with time I regained my internal adblocker but only in some degree :/ I just want to not notice this cringe again.... Unsee this.

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@jcm@wafrn.jcm.re 2026-08-18 09:05

@noodlejetski@masto.ai Is xD really that much of a Polish thing? I've heard that claim before, but I still see xD being used a lot among Germans my age (early 20s) and frequently use it myself as well… However, I think I've never seen it used as a noun in German/by Germans.

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@Sorro@woof.tech 2026-08-18 09:26

@noodlejetski@masto.ai as a spanish person, i can confirm it is also still used in spanish :blobfox:

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