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Translingual

Etymology

First used with the intended purpose of expressing emotion in a post by Scott Fahlman to the Carnegie Mellon University computer science general bulletin board on 19 September 1982.

Symbol

:-)

1. An emoticon representing a smiley face.

Usage notes

• Where it would otherwise precede a right parenthesis (")"), sometimes the two are combined so that only one right parenthesis is used.

Synonyms

• :), =)
• ☺, ☻

Antonyms

• :-(