Crossword clues for emoticon
emoticon
- Way to show approval
- Typed expression
- Text-message smiley, for one
- Text clarifier
- Symbol expressing feelings — to come in (anag)
- Somewhat parenthetical comment?
- Something that's had its head turned?
- Smiley in an email, e.g
- Smiley in an e-mail, e.g
- Sideways face, often
- Sideways cyberspace symbol
- One often includes a colon
- Keystrokes simulating a face, often
- Face with a hyphen for a nose, say
- Email symbol
- Email staple
- Email adornment
- E-mail symbol
- Cue for the tenor, perhaps
- Creation using punctuation
- Chat-window smiley, for example
- :D, e.g
- :D or :)
- :-P, e.g
- :-<, e.g
- :-@ is one
- :-), for example
- :-) is an example of one
- :-( is one
- Symbol like :-) or :-(
- :-) or :-(
- E-mail attachment?
- Face sideways?
- It often includes a colon
- It may involve the colon
- :D, e.g.
- Means of communication using dots and dashes
- Sideways look?
- Small show of one's feelings
- Expressive characters boosted bestselling book perhaps after chapter inserted
- Eg, a smiley
- Symbol expressing feelings - to come in
- Number a hundred I book up for a wink or a kiss, say?
- Hit London's West End, not forgetting Soho?
- Them old books? I study something on the computer!
- <3, for example
- Type face?
- :-), e.g
- Virtual face
- Twisted expression?
- Symbolic attitude?
- :), for example
- :-), for one
- -), for one
- -) or :-(
- XP, e.g
- Well-punctuated reaction
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A graphical representation, either in the form of an image or made up of text characters, of a particular emotion of the writer.
WordNet
n. a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email; ":-( and :-) are emoticons"
Wikipedia
An emoticon , (, or ) is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using punctuation marks, numbers and letters, usually written to express a person's feelings or mood.
The word is a portmanteau of emotion and icon, and is an example of metacommunication, serving some of the same purpose as body language or prosody.
In Western countries, emoticons are usually written at a right angle to the direction of the text. Users from Japan popularized a kind of emoticon called kaomoji ( 顔文字; lit. 顔(kao)=face, 文字(moji)=character(s); often confused with emoji in the West) that can be understood without tilting one's head to the left. This style arose on ASCII NET of Japan in 1986.
As social media has become widespread, emoticons have played a significant role in communication through technology, and some devices have provided stylized pictures that do not use punctuation. They offer another range of "tone" and feeling through texting that portrays specific emotions through facial gestures while in the midst of text-based cyber communication.
Usage examples of "emoticon".
She pings a smiley emoticon off Wednesday's open channel, raising a flickering grin in return.
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.