can someone explain this emotion to me please

[2shoesisabirdkiller]

i used it yesterday in the hmmm will need to think about this contxt and got told off.
so can someone explain it to me please.

I think it has taken on the role of
'hmm, I think your taking the piss/your a troll/what a load of bollocks your talking' type thing

Sceptical, according to the smileys list but I think some people also use it as a rolling eyes emoticon.

I think it's a 'sceptical' hmm - not an 'I'm thinking' type hmm. But you should use use it as you see fit. Stick two fingers up at 'em 2shoes.

It can depend in what context you use it. It can seem sarky or questioning sometimes.

Oh, and why have you been killing birds?

Note the use of the hmm emoticon

Well it says sceptical which is how I take it generally, as in the poster doesn't quite believe what's being said.

Hello Saggar

I think tends to be sarky

As in

Well that makes sense

Of course it's a good idea to do x, y, z

Sort of like saying - NOT! at the end of a sentence.

I use it as in 'I don't think so'.

Can't believe you were told off for it - seems a bit petty.

Hello MoveIt. You doing OK?

I don't like it at all. Every time I see it's smug little face, I want to punch it.

its smug little face!

Now I like . It's cute.

When we first got it I think people used it to say "im not sure/I wonder"...now it just seems to mean "you're talking crap".

Cant we have a different "im not sure" emoticon mumsnet?

Does anyone remember that horrid wink we had for a while, looked a bit sinister?

I see it as saying "chuh! yeah, whatever"

I tend to use it as 'Not really convinced of that'

So, 'Market forces tend to work for the best'

'Just because women have different roles, it doesn't mean that they are not treated equally'

Where have you been hiding 2shoes have you been busy

I tend to use in about myself & my understanding or about OFSTED (which is totally understandable?)

I like , I see it as a sort of raised eyebrow, halfway between sceptical and reserving judgement.

I hate and don't really like . I don't know why exactly - somehow seems a bit teenagerish and always looks scary and false.

I hate

Want to punch its little face in

I think it's because it gets pressed into service in such a wide variety of ways - everything from 'I found the ending of Titanic really sad' to 'My entire family has been wiped out'. In the latter example it just seems pathetically inadequate.

TripleyTigger yes i have been busy as my says
so can i use for hmm let me think?

I want to punch the too. Mostly when it is used AT me. It's sarcastic and arch and annoying.

i .like

i quite often use it to myself

like er

well i am a complete nutter

I don't like it. I hate the way it is used mock-condescendingly.

You particularly like the "In The News" section then Policy?

i like
is horrid(but I hate green)

Winey - yes, exactly! We should have a 'grief tourist' emoticon.