# uwu speech

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A form of ironic childish text on the Internet intended to convey cuteness or innocence, produced by replacing certain letters, such as r and l, with w, using childish terms, kawaii expressions and emoticons, such as uwu, owo or kaomoji.

## Etymology
From the usage of the emoticon uwu within this type of speech.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/uwu-speech