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emoticons

n. (plural of emoticon English)

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Emoticons (Unicode block)

Emoticons is a Unicode block containing graphic representations of faces, which are often associated with classic emoticons. They exist largely for compatibility with Japanese telephone carriers' implementations of Shift JIS.

All of the characters in the Emoticons block are emoji.

Basic Smiling and frowning faces are defined in the Miscellaneous Symbols block and additional emoticons were later added to the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block in Unicode 8.0.

Emoticons (song)

"Emoticons" is a song by Liverpudlian indie band The Wombats. It was the fifth single to be released from their third album Glitterbug. Unlike previous Glitterbug singles, the music video for "Emoticons" heavily features the band themselves, performing at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.

Usage examples of "emoticons".

He sent her a complicated burst of emoticons conveying a combination of disgust, weariness, annoyance, and impatience.

He sent her a compli cated burst of emoticons conveying a combination of disgust, weariness, annoyance, and impatience.

The black-framed glasses remind her of emoticons, those snippets of playschool emotional code cobbled up from keyboard symbols to produce sideways cartoon faces.