I never even heard of those acronyms. 'XD

they're used on instant-shat sites. xD like omegle.

whoa. why did a weird emoticon spawn at the end of my lat reply. o__o

I donno. o^o

...It's trying to dominate your typing patterns...?

I dunno what they mean! And yeah, I'm used to the word mate being a term of endearment for friend, or usualy they will say "life mate" if it is their partner, I guess the furries just like confuzzing all hell out of everyone? haha.