a symbol made from punctuation marks, used to denote emotion
Why do you need to use emoticons? Don't you know that we can tell you a thinking by what you write?
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When your real life sucks so much you have to express how you feel through little Asian faces on the internet.
OMG, I was so mad at my mom that I made the angry emoticon on AOL!!!!
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To express complete thoughts using a combination of emoji picture icons with little to no words.
Darlene: "Jim, your emoticoning skills have gotten better - You translated an entire song!"
Jim: "Thanks! I hope to make it big one day, and won't forget your support!"
An expression typed by keyboard figures, later replaced by emojis (Which was a downgrade). It is commonly used in text messages.
Examples are listed below
:)-happy
:(-sad
:D- Very happy
XD- laughing
Billy: wut is emoticon
Sally: O.O
Billy: wut happened
Sally: dat was emoticon
Emotion Icon
Given the fact that sarcasm, joking, kidding, and light humor can be taken SOOOO the wrong way via internet, IMing, email, and text, people use emoticons to show facial expressions and add dynamic to the conversation.
Emoticon:
I'm judging you SO hard right now ;-P (joking)
Ya, you should totally date him >.> (sarcasm)
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Vt. The act of misleading or tricking someone while communicating via email or Messenger, by using emoticons to imply that statements are not true or not as serious as they really are.
Jane's boss is emoticonning her. He emails here about head office plans RE her team, but then ends his sentences with winks. So, Jane is convinced that all these big plans are just talk.
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