emoticon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Usage notes 1.3 See also 2 Italian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

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Blend of emotion and icon

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emoticon (plural emoticons)

1. A graphical representation, either in the form of an image or made up of ASCII characters, of a particular emotion of the writer.

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• smiley

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[edit] Usage notes

In contexts with image-based emoticons, emoticon often refers specifically to image-based glyphs, while smiley refers to text-based ones.

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Emoticons appendix

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English

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emoticon (m) inv.

1. emoticon