smilies

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plural form of smilie

plural form of smiley

A way of expressing non-verbal communication in emails using combinations of characters for example : -) happy and smiling, : -( sad, : -| indifferent, =|: -)= Uncle Sam Other combinations of letters are also used as shorthand, LOL laughing out loud, BTW by the way and many others

Something to type in like this : -) or this : ) to show that you are smiling (or you want people to think you are smiling) and you have an awfully stiff neck that you just can't straighten

Punctuation that when viewed sideways-on, looks like human expressions, e g, happy : -) sad : -( astonishment : -o

), ;), et al Also see the 'Other' dictionary topics/listing

Graphics that can be used in forum posts to indicate an emotion/expression See also: Communication: Fora: Smilies

Internet Smilies (also known as emoticons are used to represent emotions in e-mails and newsgroup postings in an attempt to overcome the textual impersonality of the Internet In particular, smilies are most often used to signal the use of humour and irony, which can be lost in online communication The most common smilie is comprised of a colon, a hyphen and a closing bracket -- : -) -- and which is used to signal humour or happiness (as it looks like a smiling face when you tilt your head to the left) Other common smilies use an opening bracket to indicate sadness -- : -( -- or a flirtatious semicolon -- ;-), and even an equals sign to show the character's hair standing on end -- =: -)