Textmoji

Emojis expressed in text form. Derived from words text and emoji, textmojis are frequently used by people who find spamming emojis to be extremely cringe-worthy. Some popular examples include:

:D ;) :') :3 >:(

Not to be confused with smileys/emoticons, which baby boomers had in Yahoo Messenger back in the 90s.

Me: Lmao dude, did that girl seriously just use textmojis in the class group chat?!
Friend: Yeah man, still better than those pricks that keep spamming the laughing emoji.