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Latest post Fri, Nov 21 2008 5:20 PM by ayumiyoshi1314. 2 replies.
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Seraphin  +  590344 Fri, 21 Nov 08 04:28 PM
i wonder if tongue-in-cheek is the same as " :P " (smiley).
or can someone explain to me why (the origin) tongue-in-cheek means humerous/facetious ?
thanks a lot
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Philip  +  590362 Fri, 21 Nov 08 04:56 PM
Wikipedia has a decent explanation of it.
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ayumiyoshi1314, 1 yr 5 days ago

Philip
“Wikipedia has a decent explanation of it.
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That is not a way to answer though wikipedia does have great and proper explanations to most things.Rolleyes
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