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Emoticon meaning
A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication. | A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley. | A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
Synonyms of Emoticon
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OWO +57% – An emoticon representing a surprised or curious facial expression.
The trail will see 15 emoticon sculptures placed inside and outside the Grade II listed building which will last until Sunday, May 19.
The New York Stock Exchange trader, who calls himself the "Einstein of Wall Street" on his Instagram page, revealed the diagnosis with the picture of a Corona Extra beer bottle and an emoticon of hands joined together.
A “like,” an emoticon of a bunny rabbit hula-hooping in outerspace, a seemingly petty comment, these can all serve as tiny reminders to and from the people in my life that we’re not stranded on the islands of isolation we construct for ourselves.
Soon after France qualified for the Olympic tournament by reaching the semifinals at the European Under-21 Championship this week, Mbappe wrote “Tokyo 2020” on Twitter accompanied by a joyful emoticon.
Chinese ideographic style seeAlso The character 囧 (U+56E7), which means "bright", citation is also used in the Chinese computing community for a frowning face. citation It is also combined with posture emoticon Orz, such as 囧rz.
In 2008, Russian entrepreneur Oleg Teterin claimed to have been granted the trademark on the ;-) emoticon.
It is used to convey disapproval or contempt. citation Similarly, the akshara ರೃ has been used in an emoticon to represent a monocle.
These videos lack of a popular name yet and there are several ways to designate them: "emoticlips" (named above), "emotivideos" or more recently "emoticon videos".
This smiley presumably inspired many later emoticons; the most basic graphic emoticon that depicts this is in fact a small yellow smiley face.