emoticon
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn)der. Latin īcōnbor. English icon blend English emoticon Blend of emotion + icon. Unrelated to emoji.
- derived from icon blend English emoticon Blend of emotion + icon
- derived from īcōnbor
Definitions
A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS,…
A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
- 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.
- In a 4 by 2 experimental procedure, :) ;) :( or no emoticon were inserted alternately in simulated e-mail message mock-ups
- The range of interpretations was surprising broad, for instance the emoticon (-.-) had 16 possible interpretations
The neighborhood
- neighborEmoticons appendix
- neighboremotag
- neighboremoji
- neighborkaomoji
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for emoticon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA