I checked the net and found that currently the common emoticon for a hug is [ ]

However I think it is not, err, expressive or emotive enough

Whats an emoticon thats not emotive!?

So I came up with some new hugging emoticons

They represent a bird's eye view of two people asking, receiving and dodging a hug!

Enjoy the following emoticons I invented today & do share them with your friends...


1) Hug Proposal...

0< >0 - called "HUG REQUEST", it represents offering / requesting / leaning towards a hug


2) Hug in Progress...

(00) - called "HUG", usually a reply to (1), represents receiving / getting / or simply imagining a lovely hug


3) Hug Denied / Dodged

0x0 - called "AUGGH!", another possible reply to (1), it represents sorry! / no thanks!...can mean a playful dodge / or a stern "hug me not!"


If you enjoyed these new emoticons, pass them on!

And together lets heal the virus of cold shrugs with nice warm hugs :)

(c) Nithya Shanti ;)