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I've seen this curled-up tongue trope pop its head up every once in a while
and I was wondering: Which trope is it, and where does it originate from?

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NAO9m.png)


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What is the origin of the curling-up tongue trope?


This might be completely wrong, but I think this face/trope is more about the
wide-mouthed grin rather than the curling tongue.

Compare it to the emoticon ":V", which is usually used online after saying
something that will annoy the reader. Which is what is also happening in the
panel given in the question.

Example:

**Person A:** You should watch Avatar, It's one of my favourite anime second
only to Lucky Star.

**Person B:** I'll check it out, but technically Avatar is a cartoon :V

They seem similar enough both in what they represent and how they look to be
connected.

[Urban Dictionary entry for
":V"](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%3AV)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ob4r9.png)

You'll often see the smiley referred to as the 'pacman smiley', but this term
has risen from Facebook's popularity - The smiley has been around on forums
and other community groups (albeit less mainstream) for many years and tracing
its origins is near impossible due to the vast nature of the internet.

The wide mouthed grin is also a noticeable feature of the famous troll face,
albeit at a different angle. Its usage is similar to the above.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NPeXBs.jpg)


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