A donger is a text face with ༼ ༽ for the head, and very often with raised arms. The word comes from gaming streams on Twitch, where whole chats post the same donger at once.
What is ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ made of?
This one small face mixes four writing systems: Japanese, Tibetan, Lao and Arabic. A fifth part is a mark with no letter of its own.
The parts of ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ
ヽU+30FDKatakana iteration mark (Japanese). The left arm.
༼U+0F3CTibetan mark ang khang gyon. Left side of the head.
ຈU+0E88Lao letter co. The eyes.
لU+0644Arabic letter lam. Nose and mouth.
◌͜U+035CCombining double breve below. The smile.
༽U+0F3DTibetan mark ang khang gyas. Right side of the head.
ﾉU+FF89Halfwidth katakana letter no. The right arm.
In Tibetan, ༼ and ༽ work like brackets. Here they make the round cheeks.
Where does "raise your dongers" come from?
According to Know Your Meme, the phrase comes from the League of Legends player Michael Santana, known as Imaqtpie. He often played the champion Heimerdinger, whom he nicknamed "donger". On June 17, 2013, he tweeted "ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your dongers". His fans spammed it in Twitch chat, and it soon spread to Reddit.
Even Know Your Meme says the exact meaning of the phrase is unclear. Fans use it as a cheer, and that is all it needs to be.
It has no real meaning. It is a hype line from Twitch chat. When something exciting happens on stream, viewers post it to cheer all at once.
How do I type ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ?
Its letters come from four different alphabets, so no normal keyboard has them. Copy it from this page and save it as a text shortcut on your phone or computer.
What are the brackets in a donger?
༼ and ༽ are Tibetan marks that work like brackets in Tibetan writing. They are rounder and taller than ( ), which makes the face look fuller.
Why do dongers look different on my phone?
A donger needs fonts for Tibetan, Lao and Arabic. Each phone uses its own fonts, so the eyes or cheeks can change shape. If a font is missing, you see a box.
