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Short for avatar, which used to be the name for profile pictures
But... there's no i?
the schwa in /'a-və-ˌtär/ is a close homophone of /ɪ/ combined with English's habit of forming diminutives using /ɪː/
Sure there is. It's basically the only thing in the picture!
Along with the frog in the lift, of course
Avatai my brother.
It’s a great thing we don’t type those extra three characters ong frfr
I still call them buddy icons when I’m not thinking :facepalm: