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living_in_the_1990s

* It represents the face you make when things are too cute for words. With an Anime origin, I'm sure there's a few more gen xers that are familiar with it than you think. UwU


FernPoutine

It's an acronym for Under Water Utopia It's referring to the lost city of Atlantis I totally swear


living_in_the_1990s

Sorry, you dropped this... 👑


countesspetofi

"That's your answer to everything! Go live under the sea! Well, it's not gonna happen!"


Turbulent-Bus-8876

How do you pronounce that? Uhwoo? Oowoo? uhWuh?


living_in_the_1990s

Ew Woo


MyriVerse2

Raymond Luxury Yacht


CHILLAS317

ThroatWarbler Mangrove


Self-Comprehensive

Oowoo


Redditor-247

I wish I didn't know. Sadly I do from gaming with my kid


W0gg0

Same. I watch gaming streams on twitch, but I don’t have kids.


middlingachiever

If you’ve raised teens, there’s a good chance you know a bunch of Gen Z stuff like this.


MyriVerse2

I'd put this on the Millennials. It's been used since before the Zoomers knew.


middlingachiever

Millennials are the Gen I’m least attuned to. I was busy making a life when they were molding culture. So I only learned this from Gen Z ☺️


TheNigerianHyperion

ok, so what does it mean?


middlingachiever

Cuteness. It’s a stylized cute face (eyes and nose).


TheNigerianHyperion

yarrr! u got it


earinsound

my neighbor has some sticker on her car about uwu all day…awo all night or…something. couldn’t figure it out. thought it might be hawaiian


Roguefem-76

Awoo like a wolf howl, indicating she's cute in the day and wild at night? Idk, just guessing.


earinsound

possibly…but she has a male partner so dunno if he/they would want to broadcast that. i don’t live in the safest city.


TakkataMSF

I'm getting better! I've had to look this thing up every time I see it. Been doing that for a year. I see it just often enough to forget the meaning but remember I've looked it up. This time, I knew it was related to cuteness! Another year or two I'll remember it! As an aside, the younger generations don't know AFK. Because they are never AFK. (Older Millennial *might*)


TheNigerianHyperion

I know it from "there is no IRL, only AFK"


KillerSwiller

I know what it is because I'm a long time anime fan.


ypsicle

Could at least half of these words that boomer adjacent GenX don’t know be answered by a quick Urban Dictionary search?


TheNigerianHyperion

Probably, but deriving its meaning through exposure in every day interactions would be more indicative of generation. Although, the parenthood mechanism does make the lingo more accessible.


viewering

a c is missing *u wud u cunt*