Can anyone tell me what this emoticon means?

[Catherine Vincent]

L)

It was from a foreigner, so maybe he didn't know what he was typing.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. No one?

Maybe it's not an emoticon. :shrug:

[Fleshdancer]

2. My guess

He probably meant to do ":)" but accidentally clicked his ring finger instead of his pinky. :shrug:

[NV Whino]

3. A wry smile, maybe?

Think of the L as a nose and the ) as a mouth twisted up to the side. (All he needed was an umlaut above the L.)

[kay1864]

4. Considering that it's a cap-L...

they were aiming for the : key and hit L instead.

[jukes]

5. i think

it's a wink

[Mutley]

6. Maybe a raised eyebrow sort of thing.

:shrug:

[displacedtexan]

7. A wink and a smile?

Just a guess.

[petronius]

8. Could he be calling you a loser?

We used to make a thumb-and-forefinger 'L' on the forehead to symbolize that someone was a loser - maybe that's what this is. (However, I think the messed up :) is more likely.)

[ZombieNixon]

9. It think it's a typo.

Consider that L is right next to : on the keyboard, so if you're not paying attention then :) could become L) very easily.

On DU, I often type things like LshrugL and have to back and fix them :shrug:

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Thanks for all the suggestions of what it is.

The two that said the L was mistaken for a : is what I was going to preclude it to be. But then A couple of you said it was a wink. So now I don't know for sure. I was asking because it was in an email to me and I'm trying to determine if the person (who is European) was being flirtatious on the sly.:-)

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. You said it was from Foreigner, so I'm going to guess it means:

"Hot Blooded."