emoticon
See also: emoticón
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈmoʊtəˌkɑn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈməʊtɪˌkɒn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
emoticon (plural emoticons)
- A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
- A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.
- [1992 December 1, William Grimes, “Computer as a Cultural Tool: Chatter Mounts on Every Topic”, in The New York Times[1], page C13:
- A remark intended humorously is often indicated by the letter G in parentheses, for "grin," or by a sideways happy face built from punctuation marks. Such symbols are known as emoticons.]
- 2006, Joseph B. Walther, “Nonverbal dynamics in computer-mediated communication”, in Valerie Manusov, Miles Patterson, editors, The SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal Communication, →ISBN, page 470:
- In a 4 by 2 experimental procedure, :) ;) :( or no emoticon were inserted alternately in simulated e-mail message mock-ups
- 2007, M. Yanagisawa, M. Kobayashi, Y. Kato, S. Kato, D. Scott, “Research on the emotions interpreted from emoticons in Japanese cellular telephone email”, in T. Hirashima, U. Hoppe, S. Young, editors, Supporting Learning Flow through Integrative Technologies, →ISBN, page 271:
- The range of interpretations was surprising broad, for instance the emoticon (-.-) had 16 possible interpretations
- An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.
- 2007, Loren Abdulezer, Susan Abdulezer, Howard Dammond, Skype for Dummies, →ISBN, page 61:
- In addition to placing emoticons by clicking icons in the pop-up panel shown in Figure 4-2, you can enter the text representation in your text chat window. For example, to show the image of the emoticon with sunglasses, you enter (cool).
- A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.
Translations edit
representation of an emotion of the writer
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emoji — see emoji
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English emoticon.
Noun edit
emoticon m (invariable)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English emoticon.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -õ
- Hyphenation: e‧mo‧ti‧con
Noun edit
emoticon m (plural emoticons)
- emoticon (simple drawing using text characters)