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Emoticons are textual representations of a facial expression. They are often used to alert the
recipient of a message to the tone, bodily gestures, or sentiments behind statements.
The word "emoticon" is a combination of two English words: emotion/emote + icon.
Emoticons have become an integral part of online communication, an Internet vernacular of
people chatting or communicating in instant messengers, web forums, social networking sites,
emails, and online games. Often, these Internet communication venues are programmed to
replace text emoticons with corresponding graphic images automatically. These graphic images
(smileys) have evolved to be called emoticons as well.
Emoticons are used to:
1.Prevent misinterpretation of intentions that may arise in the absence of facial expressions that
face-to-face interactions offer.
2.Represent an emotional reaction to a statement or event. For instance, instead of typing in
"That's funny!", people may instead use the emoticon for laughing face, which is:-D.
Most Commonly Used Emoticons
Smiley emoticon is the most used emoticon. It is represented by two textual symbols: colon (for
eyes) and a left parenthesis (for smile). The smiley face is depicted as:). Sometimes, a dash
between the colon (eyes) and parenthesis (smile) is sometimes also used. The smiley emoticon is
used to express joking, happiness, or lightheartedness.
Other emoticons have evolved from the smiley emoticon. Some of the most common of these are:
:( frowning, not amused, sad
:-(
;-) winking
:o yelling
:-D laughing hard
: > wicked grin
>:( very mad
:(```` crying
History of Emoticons
The use of emoticons dates as far back as the 19th century. Here are some of the instances in
history where emoticons were used:
-April 1987. The number 73 was used in Morse code to convey "love and kisses".
-1908. The number 73 was replaced with 88 to express "love and kisses" in Morse code.
-1862. A transcript of Abraham Lincoln's speech (published by the New York Times) contains a
"winking" emoticon.
-1973, teletype operators were recorded to use some special notations.
The origin of the use of emoticons on the Internet, however, is being credited to Scott Fahlman.
Falhman, a computer scientist, was the first to suggest the use of smile and frown emoticons on
September 19,1982. The message was posted to a Carnegie Mellon University message board.
Difference between Emoticons and Smileys
An emoticon is an icon made of text symbols used to express emotions. The smiley face, on the
other hand, is a graphic representation of the smiling human face often depicted as a yellow circle
with two black dots for the eyes and an upturned semi-circle for the smile. However, the terms
emoticons and smileys are often used interchangeably on the web. Also, there is some sort of
regional preference for what term to use. Americans tend to call them smileys, while Americans
prefer calling them emoticons.
Emoticons and smileys are now part of the Internet vernacular. They are there to help us relay the
tone of our voice, our bodily gestures, our emotions so that our thoughts, feelings, and intentions
become more embodied in our Internet speeches.
to read more about emoticons and to add Facebook emoticons just go to
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