laugh

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This tag is used when a character is shown to be laughing, either by vocalized text (Hahaha, etc) or through use of expressions and gestures.

Categories

Forms of laughter
  • giggling - Higher pitched noises, tends to represented by "He", rather than "Ha", but could also be tagged based on stereotypes.
  • snickering - Laughter that tends to last a few seconds, and commonly as a form of ridicule. A character may try to hide the fact that they are snickering.
Laughter examples

Commonly take the form of a two letter vocalization: "Ha ha", "He he", "Hi hi" , "Oh ho ho", "Tee hee hee", but can take many other forms. Some languages have their own ways of depicting laughter.

Sound effects

  • "Cackle"
  • "Giggle"
  • "Laugh"
  • "Snerk"
  • "Snicker"
  • "Wheeze" - Conditionally

Japanese

If ハハ is present in an image, it is most likely a laughing form of some sort. It is also common to use the letter w to indicate laughter. It is the Japanese representation of "LOL" (Laughing Out Loud).

  • "Fu fu"
  • "アハハ"
  • "あはは"

Korean

Russian

  • "Xa xa"

Spanish

  • "Je je"

Related themes

Related tags

Speech interruption themes

Tickling subset

The following tags are aliased to this tag: laugh_vocalization, laughing, laughter (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: crying_laughing (learn more).

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