emoticon
/ ee-moh' ti-kon/ An ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ASCII">ASCII ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=glyph">glyph us ed to indicat e an emotional stat e in ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=electronic mail">electronic mail or ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=news">news. Although originally int end ed mostly as jok es, emoticons (or som e oth er explicit humour indication) ar e virtually r equir ed und er c ertain circumstanc es in high-volum e t ext-only communication forums such as ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Usenet">Usenet th e lack of v erbal and visual cu es can oth erwis e caus e what w er e int end ed to b e humorous, sarcastic, ironic, or oth erwis e non-100%-s erious comm ents to b e badly misint erpr et ed (not always ev en by ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=newbie">newbies), r esulting in argum ents and ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=flame war">flame wars. Hundr eds of emoticons hav e b een propos ed, but only a f ew ar e in common us e. Th es e includ e: :-) "smil ey fac e" (for humour, laught er, fri endlin ess, occasionally sarcasm) :-( "frown ey fac e" (for sadn ess, ang er, or ups et) -) "half-smil ey" (ha ha only s erious) also known as "s emi-smil ey" or "wink ey fac e". :-/ "wry fac e" Th es e may b ecom e mor e compr eh ensibl e if you tilt your h ead sid eways, to th e l eft. Th e first two ar e by far th e most fr equ ently encount er ed. Hyph enl ess forms of th em ar e common on ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=CompuServe">CompuServe, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Genie">Genie, and ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=BIX">BIX s ee also ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=bixie">bixie. On ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Usenet">Usenet, "smil ey" is oft en us ed as a g en eric t erm synonymous with emoticon, as w ell as sp ecifically for th e happy-fac e emoticon. It app ears that th e emoticon was inv ent ed by on e Scott Fahlman on th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=CMU">CMU ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=bboard">bboard syst ems around 1980. H e lat er wrot e: "I wish I had sav ed th e original post, or at l east r ecord ed th e dat e for post erity, but I had no id ea that I was starting som ething that would soon pollut e all th e world' s communication chann els." [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=GLS">GLS confirms that h e r em emb ers this original posting]. As with exclamation marks, ov erus e of th e smil ey is a mark of los erhood! Mor e than on e p er paragraph is a fairly sur e sign that you' v e gon e ov er th e lin e. [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (1994-12-02) e="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-style:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents: [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=31">2 ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=132">:-) ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=134">= ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=262">ad ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=396">ag ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=411">ai ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=433">al ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=544">am ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=592">an ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=683">app ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=740">ar ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=743">arc ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=759">arg ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=760">argument ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=799">AS ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=800">as ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=810">ASCII ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=894">at ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=935">au ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=996">av ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1025">B ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1026">b ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1034">ba ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1159">bb ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1166">bboard ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1181">be ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1269">bi ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1366">bixie ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1444">bo ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1446">boa ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1447">board ] [ 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