Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what (an) is?

Just noticed it amongst the smilies. Looked it up via google and urbandictionary to no avail. At this rate I'm not going to be able to get to sleep tonight...

Well, I know something similar in german, but I doubt that it is meant

Maybe an ad for Icy-Hot...

Dry Ice?

Although if that is right, it is a royal non-sequitur...

Don't you mean oxymoron?

BTW, frostbites are sometimes called cold burns.

OT: For people who don't speak English: Does anyone know what chilblain is in your language? If I look in an English-to-Korean dictionary, they just mention the same word as for "frostbite."

I'm going to guess "perniose" in french.

In german, I have this link : http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostbeule
in english : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perniosis

I don't know if the german word Gefrierbrand has the same meaning as ice burn:

Gefrierbrand: drained outer zones of frozen food, mostly white to grey brown discolours

Being insulted = flamed

Being flamed = being burnt

Ice burn > normal burn

Thus ice burn = OMGWTFAMAZINGFLAME.

Also that smiley is stolen from SA. Like many others...

I think that would be freezer burn. There's no Korean word for it, AFAIK.

Well, the Urban Dictionary says,

"1. ice burn
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spraying an aerosol on yourself, the coldness burns it

me n dave were playin wit lynx last week, he gave me an ice burn"

I, being a now-country bumpkin would say it is frostbite as it burns and stings when the affected flesh starts to thaw. Even getting a bit of flesh very cold into numb will sting as it thaws out. You have freezer burn right, as most of us 'Murricans can tell you.

A real geek explanation is here: http://www.ntnu.no/gemini/1993-dec/24.html