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A person in a black hoodie and gold chain makes hand gestures with text overlays changing from H to HO to HOT to HOTT.

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A person in a black hoodie and gold chain makes hand gestures with text overlays changing from H to HO to HOT to HOTT.

A person in a black hoodie and gold chain makes hand gestures with text overlays changing from H to HO to HOT to HOTT. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • hand gesture
  • text overlay change

Objects

  • hand

Visible Text

  • H
  • HO
  • HOT
  • HOTT

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802161001051372991116
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/98/98ee922bbb0273ff5d9dd24b488ed14b94ac35e16519dd49bc3e11e618d9a4b6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
98ee922bbb0273ff
SHA-256
98ee922bbb0273ff5d9dd24b488ed14b94ac35e16519dd49bc3e11e618d9a4b6
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200802161001051372991116
Archive entry
200802161001051372991116.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802161001051372991116.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802161001051372991116.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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