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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Short for avatar, which used to be the name for profile pictures

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (3 children)

But... there's no i?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago

the schwa in /'a-və-ˌtär/ is a close homophone of /ɪ/ combined with English's habit of forming diminutives using /ɪː/

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sure there is. It's basically the only thing in the picture!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Along with the frog in the lift, of course

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Avatai my brother.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

It’s a great thing we don’t type those extra three characters ong frfr

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I still call them buddy icons when I’m not thinking :facepalm: