Emoticonist 

A person that enjoys the art form of making emotes (or emoticons). Emoticonists go far beyond what many of us call them such as :-) or XD by making fully animated or static designed graphics.

Some emotes are not though designed for general chat use. Emotes can be big, small, or have a fully designed background made with only a 1 pixel brush 90% through the way.:D

Many of these "Emoticonists" can be discovered on the popular art site deviantART, though, not only members of that site may make emoticons.

Go to deviantART.com and search "Emote" or "Emoticons" to find some really good emotes and Emoticonist(s).

Emoticonist by IceXDragon November 18, 2011

Emoticoning 

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!"

Emoticoning by MoMani January 20, 2013

Emo Emoticons 

//.-
An emoticon depicting an emo kid. Parentheses are an acceptable subsitute for the slashes. ((.-

Many variations of the "emo"ticon exist to express different moods (as emo kids often do).
Among the most popular are:
The Sad Emo Kid //_;
The Happy Emo Kid //_^
The Amazed Emo Kid //_o
The Angry Emo Kid //_<
The Pissed Off Emo Kid //_-
The "I Don't Care" Emo Kid //.-
The Sleepy Emo Kid //_~

an example of how Emo Emoticons appear in an IM conversation
"I don't care" //.-
"REALLY? HOLY CRAP!" //_O
"GRRRR" //_<
"YAY!" //_^
"My girlfried broke up with me." //_;
"Just leave me alone." //_-

a conversation can go something like this:

1: Hello!
2: //_< //_;
1: //_O
2: //.- //_-

Emo Emoticons by HOB4congress December 23, 2006

anime emoticons 

Emoticons derived from manga and anime (style of art) showing feelings, used in chatrooms, online, and with cellphones nowadays.

To be really nice I will give you multiple examples of anime emoticons:
(つ^з^)つ
*Feeling happy/dancing/cheering*
(¬_¬)
*Yeah right...*
m(_ _)m
*Sleeping on the desk/given up*
(^_^)
*Happy*
*(^O^)*
*Happier*

anime emoticons by Kuro-Puu~ August 5, 2009

emoticonsternation

noun: The unpleasant surprise you get when you choose a seemingly harmless emoticon from the static image palette only to see it animate into something tasteless after you've chosen it and sent it.

Alternate:
noun: An emoticon that looks harmless when viewed in the static image palette, but provides a nasty surprise when you select it and send it by animating into something tasteless.

Imagine my emoticonsternation when that smiley face I sent to my mom turned out to be a bloody horrorshow.

I got fired when I accidentally sent my boss an emoticonsternation.

emoticonsternation by jfkelley June 15, 2009

Emoticons

Faces made to express emotions using simple keyboard keys. You Azian, You AOL, and you'll see deez alot. You're lucky I don't give a shit, but I'm sure you all are gonna bite off on these...

:) ;) :^) ^_^ *.* ^o^ @_@ :Þ ?_? and the saddest one of all, the Pikachu: (o^_^o) Pika-pi! 9_9

Emoticons by Joshiro007 February 17, 2003

emoticonictionary

ee-moat-ick-on-ick-shun-airy n. Someone who knows all the normal and hidden emoticons of IM programs, social networking sites, and email services and uses them often.

Lynsey just had an entire conversation with me using emoticons...she's like an emoticonictionary.

emoticonictionary by Natanhimself April 14, 2009