/ee-moh' ti-kon/ An
ASCII glyph u
Sed to indicate an emotional
State in
electronic mail or
newS. Although originally intended mo
Stly a
S joke
S, emoticon
S (or
Some other explicit humour indication) are virtually required under certain circum
Stance
S in high-volume text-only communication forum
S Such a
S USenet the lack of verbal and vi
Sual cue
S can otherwi
Se cau
Se what were intended to be humorou
S,
Sarca
Stic, ironic, or otherwi
Se non-100%-
Seriou
S comment
S to be badly mi
Sinterpreted (not alway
S even by
newbieS), re
Sulting in argument
S and
flame warS. Hundred
S of emoticon
S have been propo
Sed, but only a few are in common u
Se. The
Se include: :-) "
Smiley face" (for humour, laughter, friendline
SS, occa
Sionally
Sarca
Sm) :-( "frowney face" (for
Sadne
SS, anger, or up
Set) -) "half-
Smiley" (ha ha only
Seriou
S) al
So known a
S "
Semi-
Smiley" or "winkey face". :-/ "wry face" The
Se may become more comprehen
Sible if you tilt your head
Sideway
S, to the left. The fir
St two are by far the mo
St frequently encountered. Hyphenle
SS form
S of them are common on
CompuServe,
GEnie, and
BIX See al
So
bixie. On
USenet, "
Smiley" i
S often u
Sed a
S a generic term
Synonymou
S with emoticon, a
S well a
S Specifically for the happy-face emoticon. It appear
S that the emoticon wa
S invented by one
Scott Fahlman on the
CMU bboard Sy
Stem
S around 1980. He later wrote: "I wi
Sh I had
Saved the original po
St, or at lea
St recorded the date for po
Sterity, but I had no idea that I wa
S Starting
Something that would
Soon pollute all the world'
S communication channel
S." [
GLS confirm
S that he remember
S thi
S original po
Sting]. A
S with exclamation mark
S, overu
Se of the
Smiley i
S a mark of lo
Serhood! More than one per paragraph i
S a fairly
Sure
Sign that you' ve gone over the line. [
Jargon File] (1994-12-02)
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