As a person of the internet, you’re no doubt familiar with using acronyms online. But what about the use of letter combinations that don’t actually stand for anything? “Uwu” is a good example of this.

In the middle of her game, pink room lights and headset on, a girl at her computer gets a Discord call. “Ugh,” she says to her friend. “I’m getting a simp call, it’ll be, like, three seconds.” She ...