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Read more: One of the early digital visuals was the emoticon, a pictorial representation of a facial expression more commonly known as smiley faces.
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By the 1990s, the Japanese turned the sideways emoticon into a single character, now known as an emoji, and a bunch of symbols.
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Podcasts, film clips, emoticons, and emojis are the new pictographs of an increasingly illiterate public.
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Overuse of fancy fonts, colors, and emoticons turned plenty of AIM profiles into crimes against graphic design.
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But all are united in their waxing nostalgic about the golden days of Buddy Lists, emoticons, and pointless chats with SmarterChild.
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But all are united in their waxing nostalgic about the golden days of Buddy Lists, emoticons, and pointless chats with SmarterChild.
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There’s a compound emoticon — Flexed biceps and Pouting face for first baseman Chase Headley.
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Instead, reading a happy face in the text of a work email made people think that the sender was less competent if the same message did not contain the emoticon, the researchers found.
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Origin and Etymology of emoticon
EMOTICON Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of emoticon for English Language Learners
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: a group of keyboard characters that are used to represent a facial expression (such as a smile or frown)
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