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English Dictionary: emoticon by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emoticon
n
  1. a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email; ":-( and :-) are emoticons"
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   emoticon /ee-moh'ti-kon/ n.   [common] An ASCII glyph used to
   indicate an emotional state in email or news.   Although originally
   intended mostly as jokes, emoticons (or some other explicit humor
   indication) are virtually required under certain circumstances in
   high-volume text-only communication forums such as Usenet; the lack
   of verbal and visual cues can otherwise cause what were intended to
   be humorous, sarcastic, ironic, or otherwise non-100%-serious
   comments to be badly misinterpreted (not always even by {newbie}s),
   resulting in arguments and {flame war}s.
  
      Hundreds of emoticons have been proposed, but only a few are in
   common use.   These include:
  
   :-)
            `smiley face' (for humor, laughter, friendliness,
            occasionally sarcasm)
  
   :-(
            `frowney face' (for sadness, anger, or upset)
  
   ;-)
            `half-smiley' ({ha ha only serious}); also known as
            `semi-smiley' or `winkey face'.
  
   :-/
            `wry face'
  
   (These may become more comprehensible if you tilt your head
   sideways, to the left.)
  
      The first two listed are by far the most frequently encountered.
   Hyphenless forms of them are common on CompuServe, GEnie, and BIX;
   see also {bixie}.   On {Usenet}, `smiley' is often used as a generic
   term synonymous with {emoticon}, as well as specifically for the
   happy-face emoticon.
  
      It appears that the emoticon was invented by one Scott Fahlman on
   the CMU {bboard} systems sometime between early 1981 and mid-1982.
   He later wrote: "I wish I had saved the original post, or at least
   recorded the date for posterity, but I had no idea that I was
   starting something that would soon pollute all the world's
   communication channels."   [GLS confirms that he remembers this
   original posting].
  
      Note for the {newbie}: Overuse of the smiley is a mark of
   loserhood!   More than one per paragraph is a fairly sure sign that
   you've gone over the line.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   emoticon
  
      /ee-moh'ti-kon/ An {ASCII} {glyph} used to indicate an
      emotional state in {electronic mail} or {news}.   Although
      originally intended mostly as jokes, emoticons (or some other
      explicit humour indication) are virtually required under
      certain circumstances in high-volume text-only communication
      forums such as {Usenet}; the lack of verbal and visual cues
      can otherwise cause what were intended to be humorous,
      sarcastic, ironic, or otherwise non-100%-serious comments to
      be badly misinterpreted (not always even by {newbie}s),
      resulting in arguments and {flame war}s.
  
      Hundreds of emoticons have been proposed, but only a few are
      in common use.   These include:
  
         :-) "smiley face" (for humour, laughter,
      friendliness, occasionally sarcasm)
  
         :-( "frowney face" (for sadness, anger, or upset)
  
         ;-) "half-smiley" (ha ha only serious); also
      known as "semi-smiley" or "winkey face".
  
         :-/ "wry face"
  
      These may become more comprehensible if you tilt your head
      sideways, to the left.   The first two are by far the most
      frequently encountered.   Hyphenless forms of them are common
      on {CompuServe}, {GEnie}, and {BIX}; see also {bixie}.   On
      {Usenet}, "smiley" is often used as a generic term synonymous
      with emoticon, as well as specifically for the happy-face
      emoticon.
  
      It appears that the emoticon was invented by one Scott Fahlman
      on the {CMU} {bboard} systems around 1980.   He later wrote: "I
      wish I had saved the original post, or at least recorded the
      date for posterity, but I had no idea that I was starting
      something that would soon pollute all the world's
      communication channels."   [{GLS} confirms that he remembers
      this original posting].
  
      As with exclamation marks, overuse of the smiley is a mark of
      loserhood!   More than one per paragraph is a fairly sure sign
      that you've gone over the line.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-12-02)
  
  
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