# What does the :P emoticon really mean?

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**Created:** [September 11, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-the-p-emoticon-really-mean/313836 "2010-09-11T02:13:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![IQAndreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-the-p-emoticon-really-mean/313836/1 "2010-09-11T02:13:58Z")

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Since there is still major debate on how to make a smiley emoticon fit inside of a closed parenthesis, I instead bring up another problem of equal importance  
[whisper]Why, yes, I’m bored again. Say, the forums need a “Bored:” prefix…[/whisper]

Every forum/IM app seems to have a different idea of what the : P smiley stands for. Here are a few of the interpretations.

From the “just kidding/silly you” category  
😛  
 ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/6329/7fe12a95c9966513.png)  
 ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/6330/29237b4065afb420.gif)

To the “worred/sigh/blech/exhausted” category:  
 ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/6331/1f7a6ccbcf32045b.gif)  
[whisper]I can’t seem to find the one for Empathy IM[/whisper]  
😜

So, what is the official meaning of the : P smiley?