Translingual

Punctuation mark

_ _

1. (Internet slang) Encloses plain text that would be underlined or italicized if formatting was available.

   That's _really_ amazing!

   • 1999 December 16, Dorothy J Heydt, “Re: Yourself in your work was Re: Colons”, in rec.arts.sf.composition, Usenet, message-ID <FMuBI8.88w@kithrup.com>:

     There's a scene in _Return of the Jedi_ where some little humanoid makes some remarks in an unidentified language.

   • 2000 March 20, Webwalker [username], “Re: [Vampire] Ravnos”, in alt.games.whitewolf, Usenet:

     So far, there's very little in the WoD that strikes me as Marvelish. I don't mind the occasional "returns from the dead" kind of story, but it seems to be looking like _every_ Antideluvian has faked/will fake their own deaths at one time or another.

Synonyms

• / /, * * (encloses text for emphasis)