Kaoani
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Kaoani comes from the japanese kao (face) and ani (animation). Kaoanis are little animated smilies that usually bounce up and down to look like they are floating. The originating country of the kaoani is Japan. Kaoanis are also known as puffs, anime blobs, anikaos or anime emoticons.
Kaoani can take the form of animals, colorful blobs, colorful blobs dressed as animals, cartoon characters, etc. Many are animated to be performing a certain task, such as dancing, laughing, or cheering.
The file format for kaoanis is always GIF, since it supports animations. Kaoanis are mostly used on internet forums, MySpace profiles, blogs and MSN messenger to show moods.