Zetta: ...
Alexander: What's with the silent treatment? Ellipses are for chumps—say something!
Alexander: What's with the silent treatment? Ellipses are for chumps—say something!
[on a chatroom]
MaryMcRockshard: See, that's what I love about you, GTCR. Mysteriousness aside, you're so honest. No BS from you. You remind me of my family in that way.
GiantTalkingCartoonRabbit: Wealthy, and not prone to BS. Sounds like a pretty solid family to be born into.
MaryMcRockshard: Yeah. Like, it's totally out in the open that my parents like my brother more than me.
GiantTalkingCartoonRabbit: ...Out of courtesy, I'd like to convey an awkward pause.
MaryMcRockshard: See, that's what I love about you, GTCR. Mysteriousness aside, you're so honest. No BS from you. You remind me of my family in that way.
GiantTalkingCartoonRabbit: Wealthy, and not prone to BS. Sounds like a pretty solid family to be born into.
MaryMcRockshard: Yeah. Like, it's totally out in the open that my parents like my brother more than me.
GiantTalkingCartoonRabbit: ...Out of courtesy, I'd like to convey an awkward pause.
Protagonist: ...
Crazy Fangirl:' Don't you dot dot dot me!
Crazy Fangirl:' Don't you dot dot dot me!
"Michael, I wrote dot, dot, dot and you're giving me dot, dot."
— Harold Pinter, to actor Michael Hordern during rehearsals
Makoto: ...
Lion: What's with the dot dot dot?
"Dot dot dot. No wait, that's not how it goes. Oh! I've got it! '...'"
— Claudia, Crush Crush
Apollo: ...
Trucy: Don't "..." me, Apollo!
Dot dot dot.
—Stinkoman, Homestar Runner: "Under Construction"
