emoticon

A means of expressing emotion via Internet chat rooms and private messages.

(Note: Do not use emoticons unironically, unless you're speaking to someone who doesn't understand your language.)

:) happy
:( unhappy
:D overjoyed
:C profoundly unhappy
(^-^) ecstatic anime fan

by Tommy Wommy Womsters March 26, 2005

emoticon

any of a series of characters used by people to represent emotions that cannot easily be easily expressed during the course of a chat session they are engaged in to avoid the necessity of expressing emotion face to face.

He added the emoticon :) to the message so they would understand he was just kidding.

by Lexico Luther October 9, 2012

Emoticons

Like this:
:¬) :¬( (:¬D :¬D :¬P :¬L :¬S
:'( :¬" :¬*
They express emotions using icons. Used in text or online.

Text1: :¬)
Text2: :¬(

Text 1 is HAPPY, Text 2 is SAD.
Those is emoticons
;¬)

by Cosmogirl/Little Miss Vixen January 22, 2009

Emoticonally

When words cannot describe what you are feeling; and only emoticons can convey your thought processes.

I was emoticonally scarred after watching that breastfeeding video in Biology.

by Darquel March 22, 2009

emoticon

pointless but fun...

^.^ o_O <u,u> =^o^= >_<

by Neil November 15, 2004

emoticon

An icon (almost always a circle) used to represent an emotion; an advanced smily face.

Only pixel emoticons are allowed in that section of deviantART.

by Emotefan September 6, 2010

emoticon

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?

by Light Joker July 21, 2008