EMOTICON

emoticon

(noun) a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email; “:-( and :-) are emoticons”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

emoticon (plural emoticons)

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.

An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary



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