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The emoticon ''uwu'' is known to date back as far as April 11, 2000, when it was used by [[Furry Fandom|furry]] artist Ghislain Deslierres in a post on the furry art site VCL (Vixen Controlled Library).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deslierres |first=Ghislain |date=2000-04-11 |title=VCL - Ghislain-Deslierres |url=http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Ghislain-Deslierres/index02-by-date.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217225306/http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Ghislain-Deslierres/index02-by-date.html |archive-date=2021-02-17 |access-date=2023-04-23 |work=[[Vixen Controlled Library|VCL]] |language=en}}</ref> A 2005 [[anime]] [[fanfiction]] contained another early use of the word. The origin of the term is unknown, with many people believing it to originate in [[chat room|Internet chat rooms]]. By 2014, the emoticon had spread across the Internet into [[Tumblr]], becoming an [[Subculture|Internet subculture]].<ref name="studybreaks">{{cite web |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Janani Mangai |title=The Origin and Spread of 'UWU' — The Word That Epitomizes Cuteness |url=https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/the-origin-of-the-word-uwu/ |work=Study Breaks |access-date=June 4, 2021 |date=2020-02-22 |archive-date=2021-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121123823/https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/the-origin-of-the-word-uwu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | The emoticon ''uwu'' is known to date back as far as April 11, 2000, when it was used by [[Furry Fandom|furry]] artist Ghislain Deslierres in a post on the furry art site VCL (Vixen Controlled Library).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deslierres |first=Ghislain |date=2000-04-11 |title=VCL - Ghislain-Deslierres |url=http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Ghislain-Deslierres/index02-by-date.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217225306/http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Ghislain-Deslierres/index02-by-date.html |archive-date=2021-02-17 |access-date=2023-04-23 |work=[[Vixen Controlled Library|VCL]] |language=en}}</ref> A 2005 [[anime]] [[fanfiction]] contained another early use of the word. The origin of the term is unknown, with many people believing it to originate in [[chat room|Internet chat rooms]]. By 2014, the emoticon had spread across the Internet into [[Tumblr]], becoming an [[Subculture|Internet subculture]].<ref name="studybreaks">{{cite web |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Janani Mangai |title=The Origin and Spread of 'UWU' — The Word That Epitomizes Cuteness |url=https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/the-origin-of-the-word-uwu/ |work=Study Breaks |access-date=June 4, 2021 |date=2020-02-22 |archive-date=2021-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121123823/https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/the-origin-of-the-word-uwu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
The word ''uwu'' is included in the [[Royal Spanish Academy]]'s word observatory,{{Efn|The word observatory is a website owned by the Royal Spanish Academy featuring words that are not included in the ''[[Diccionario de la lengua española]]'' and that have not been considered for inclusion, but for which people have wanted to know the meaning, including technical terms, neologisms, and foreign words.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morales|first=Manuel|date=2020-10-23|title=La RAE presenta su nueva web, con un 'Observatorio' de palabras que no están en el 'Diccionario'|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-23/la-rae-presenta-su-nueva-web-con-un-observatorio-de-palabras-que-no-estan-en-el-diccionario.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|work=[[El País]]|language=es|archive-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705171521/https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-23/la-rae-presenta-su-nueva-web-con-un-observatorio-de-palabras-que-no-estan-en-el-diccionario.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}} defined as an "emoticon used to show happiness or tenderness".<ref name="rae">{{Cite web|title=uwu|url=http://www.rae.es/observatorio-de-palabras/uwu|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Observatorio de palabras de la Real Academia Española|language=es|archive-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705171523/https://www.rae.es/observatorio-de-palabras/uwu|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mouse |date=2020-10-28 |title=La RAE aclaró las dudas boomers sobre 'uwu' |trans-title=The RAE clarified boomers' doubts about 'uwu' |url=https://www.latercera.com/mouse/la-rae-aclaro-las-dudas-boomers-sobre-uwu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705171521/https://www.latercera.com/mouse/la-rae-aclaro-las-dudas-boomers-sobre-uwu/ |archive-date=2021-07-05 |access-date=2021-06-04 |work=[[La Tercera]] |language= | The word ''uwu'' is included in the [[Royal Spanish Academy]]'s word observatory,{{Efn|The word observatory is a website owned by the Royal Spanish Academy featuring words that are not included in the ''[[Diccionario de la lengua española]]'' and that have not been considered for inclusion, but for which people have wanted to know the meaning, including technical terms, neologisms, and foreign words.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morales|first=Manuel|date=2020-10-23|title=La RAE presenta su nueva web, con un 'Observatorio' de palabras que no están en el 'Diccionario'|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-23/la-rae-presenta-su-nueva-web-con-un-observatorio-de-palabras-que-no-estan-en-el-diccionario.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|work=[[El País]]|language=es|archive-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705171521/https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-23/la-rae-presenta-su-nueva-web-con-un-observatorio-de-palabras-que-no-estan-en-el-diccionario.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}} defined as an "emoticon used to show happiness or tenderness".<ref name="rae">{{Cite web|title=uwu|url=http://www.rae.es/observatorio-de-palabras/uwu|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Observatorio de palabras de la Real Academia Española|language=es|archive-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705171523/https://www.rae.es/observatorio-de-palabras/uwu|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mouse |date=2020-10-28 |title=La RAE aclaró las dudas boomers sobre 'uwu' |trans-title=The RAE clarified boomers' doubts about 'uwu' |url=https://www.latercera.com/mouse/la-rae-aclaro-las-dudas-boomers-sobre-uwu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705171521/https://www.latercera.com/mouse/la-rae-aclaro-las-dudas-boomers-sobre-uwu/ |archive-date=2021-07-05 |access-date=2021-06-04 |work=[[La Tercera]] |language= | ||
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