Editing Emoticon (section)

===Orz===
[[File:Dogeza horizontal.png|thumb|The emoticon <code>Orz</code> resembles a person performing a Japanese ''[[dogeza]]'' bow.]]
[[wikt:Orz|Orz]] (other forms include: {{nowrap|Or2}}, {{nowrap|on_}}, {{nowrap|OTZ}}, {{nowrap|OTL}}, {{nowrap|STO}}, {{nowrap|JTO}},<ref name="boing-orz">{{cite web |author=Jardin |first=Xeni |date=February 7, 2005 |title=All about Orz |url=http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/07/all-about-orz.html |access-date=March 24, 2009 |website=Boing Boing}}</ref> {{nowrap|_no}}, {{nowrap|_冂○}}<ref>{{cite web |title= |script-title=ja:みんなの作った <nowiki>_&#124;￣&#124;○クラフト</nowiki> "paper craft of orz" |trans-title=Everyone's _{{!}}￣{{!}}○ craft "paper craft of orz" |url=http://www.dfnt.net/t/photo/your/craft_06suman.shtml |access-date=August 18, 2009}}</ref> and {{nowrap|[[Jiong|囧]]{{zwsp}}rz}}<ref name="nownews-56E7" />) is an emoticon representing a kneeling or bowing person (the Japanese version of which is called ''[[dogeza]]''), with the "o" being the head, the "r" being the arms and part of the body, and the "z" being part of the body and the legs. This [[stick figure]] can represent respect or ''kowtowing'', but commonly appears along a range of responses, including "frustration, despair, sarcasm, or grudging respect".<ref>Rodney H. Jones and Christoph A. Hafner, ''Understanding Digital Literacies: A Practical Introduction'' (London: Routledge, 2012), 126-27. {{ISBN|9781136212888}}</ref>

It was first used in late 2002 at the forum on Techside, a Japanese personal website. At the "Techside FAQ Forum" ({{lang|ja|TECHSIDE教えて君BBS(教えてBBS) }}), a poster asked about a cable cover, typing "{{nowrap|_&#124;￣&#124;○}}" to show a cable and its cover. Others commented that it looked like a kneeling person, and the symbol became popular.<ref>{{cite web |title= |script-title=ja:TECHSIDE FF11板の過去ログです |trans-title=TECHSIDE FF11 board archives |url=http://210.136.179.189/cgi-bin/ch/log/log.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030430024441/http://210.136.179.189/cgi-bin/ch/log/log.html |archive-date=April 30, 2003 |access-date=September 17, 2018 |language=ja |script-quote=ja:＜正直＞アフターバーナー予約してしまいました_{{!}}￣{{!}}○←早速使ってみるw (12/23 00:20)<br/>＜ルン＞/土下座_{{!}}￣{{!}} ○のび助　　···駄目だ、完全に遅れた (12/23 23:09)}}</ref>{{Non-primary source needed|date=March 2025}} These comments were soon deleted as they were considered off-topic. By 2005, Orz spawned a [[subculture]]: blogs have been devoted to the emoticon, and [[URL shortening]] services have been named after it. In Taiwan, Orz is associated with the concept of [[nice guy]]s.<ref name="boing-orz" />