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I ♥ (pronounced I love or I heart) is a slang expression used to indicate love or affection, sometimes with a connotation that the feeling is superficial or juvenile. It is a play upon Milton Glaser's classic logo, I ♥ NY (spoken I Love New York). In the U.S., it is often written by schoolchildren to indicate a "crush" on another person.

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Originally pronounced I love, recently hipsters have taken to pronouncing or spelling out the heart, in a somewhat facetious manner.

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The film I ♥ Huckabees is an example of this usage.

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Someone once parodied the I ♥ by putting out a bumper sticker that said "I ♠ My Cat". One of the panels in Gary Larson's "Far Side" had Godzilla driving a car with an "I 8 NY" bumper sticker.

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Love: : For the 1960s band, see Love. The term is also used in tennis....

Affection: Affection is an emotion that derives from the recognition of one's own values in the character of another....

Milton Glaser: Milton Glaser (born June 26, 1929) is a graphic designer, best known for his "Bob Dylan" poster, the logo for I Love New York campaign, and the "DC bullet" logo used by DC Comics from 1977 to 2005. He also founded New York Magazine with Clay Felker in 1968....