I remember back in my college days. My instructors told a story of a student who not only failed an assignment but got yelled out of the room for using the sweatdrop shorthand from japanese manga.
I believe that time he was using more as a crutch than a flourish... still though.
It's going to take some time for me to unlearn the institution imposesd shame and get used to using it again.
That may open the floodgates for more shorthand motifs and expressions to appear in the future.
If it gets too cringe, let me know and I'll try to shut pandora's box again... no promises though.
-bboston