>Implying (Implying Implications)

>Implying (Implying Implications)

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Updated Nov 11, 2019 at 02:37AM EST by Y F.

Added May 14, 2010 at 12:32AM EDT by Biotic Zombie.

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implying

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>Implying (sometimes referred to as Implying Implications) is a type of greentext slang usually found throughout image boards such as 4chan or various other forums. It used in a mocking manner to challenge an "implication" that has been made, or sometimes it can be simply used as a joke in itself.

For example, this is a post on an image board.

To where another user responds…

Origin

The earliest archived use of >implying comments was posted to 4chan’s /v/ (video games) board on March 5th, 2009.[1] The thread began as a textual game of Pong (shown below, left) played via spoiler tags, with two capital "I" and lowercase os that show up only when the user hovers over them. In the thread, a user attempted to make spoiler volleyball game (show below, right), using (|) to represent the ball going over the net. Another user responded to the spoiler volleyball by saying “>implying that from a birds eye view you would be able to see the net through the ball when it passes over it.”


Anonymous 03/05/09(Thu)01:11 No.28096294 You are now playing Pong with yourself. 0 Anonymous 03/05/09(Thu)01:28 No.28096982 >28096927

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Throughout 2009, variations of ">implying" comments appeared on 4chan image boards including /a/ (anime)[2], /r9k/ (ROBOT9000)[3], /fit/ (fitness)[4] and /fa/ (fashion).[5] By October 2009, the sarcastic practice of >implying comments had spread outside of 4chan to other communities such as the Gametrailers forums[7], the Adult Swim Boards[6] and the official forum for the game Heroes of Newerth.[8] The comment has also appeared on LurkerFAQs[16], FAILblog[17] and Yahoo! Answers.[18]

“Implying Implications” has also been adapted as guild names in EVE Online[9] and in World of Warcraft.[10] In March 2010, two Facebook fan pages[12][13] were launched under the name “>Implying,” which have gained 2,057 combined likes. As of July 2012, a search query for "implying" yields more than 72,900 related threads on Chanarchive. Additional images and posts can be found on Tumblr[14] with the “implying” tag.

Notable Images

In addition to the text posts, >implying can be found in the form of reaction face images or rage comics. The reaction faces often show a person making air quotes[15] with their fingers.


Hey, lal Hey, Iv What? Yeah? Your taste in anime sucks. Your taste in videogames sucks. 0 Oh yeah? Do llook like I care? Get out already It's not like I enjoy videogames anymore. Leave me alone Hey, Imul What is it? Your taste in music sucks. implying IMPLYING
SImplyung you are myyca Implying F am going to let you in Implying you're not ust my protein going to steal IMPLYING I GIVE A F--- VLAD THE IMPLIER memegenerator.net

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