Animated faces that express different emotions you can send in e-mails, chat, and Instant Messaging. Emoticons are a way to show someone online how you are feeling.

symbols used in electronic communication to convey emotional overtones, especially in text-based systems such as email and chat. The prototypical example is the smiley , and its many variants, such as [..]

Dictionary of Internet Terms A combination of characters that form a facial expression.For example,if you turn your head sideways,the characters : ) makes a smiley face,and a character 8 ) make a four -eyed smiley.Frequently used in e-mail messages to convey a particular tone.

The online means of facial expressions and gestures. Examples: :) Tip your head to the left and you will see the two eyes and smiling mouth. Use them where applicable in chats and E-Mail. Other emoticons include the following; :( sad ; :0 surprised ; o:) innocent ; and many others. Too much usage is considered poor style; they get old in a hurry! A [..]

Emotional Icons (aka "Smilies"). Faces or small pictures using ASCII pictures. The most common emoticon is the smiley face :-) or :) used in emails to denote humour or sarcasm. The tradition [..]

smileys :) etc.

Short for 'emotion-icons' - these are symbols used in email, instant messaging and text messages to indicate emotions. For example :) is a smile and :( is a frown! (Look at them sidewa [..]

Smileys [ these things :-) ] and other character art used to express feelings in email communication.

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