(verb)To make decisions purely on emotions rather then rational judgement; overly emotional in lieu of present rationality.

A term used in MMORPG's such as World of Warcraft which describes an action your character can perform which is usually accompanied by sound and sometimes even an animation. Emotes include:

/poke
/cheer
/chicken
/moo
/dance
/insult

Also a useful way to communicate across factions in games like WoW where Alliance and Horde players speak different in-game languages such as Orcish, Darnassian, etc.

Emotes can be either the asterisks placed in front and behind a sentence describing action to indicate the permorance of that action or a short version of emoticon, which is a face made with the characters on a keyboard.

Discontinued MAC powder blush.

The use of emoticons without actually using the emoticon itself.

Giving off an emo vibe.

Abbreviation of emoticon.