Emoticons Definition

Emoticons Sentence Examples

• Many chat clients such as Yahoo Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger have also built into their applications graphics that will appear when the user types in emoticons.

• Free smileys and emoticons are the perfect way to bring some extra personality and emotion to instant messages, emails and forum posts.

• Instant message smileys (also known as emoticons) are also used in text messaging via phone.

• When trying to create a taxonomy of emoticons, the easiest method is to go with the categories of emotions that the instant message smileys are designed to convey.

• The best emoticons are the ones that intuitively trigger the image going along with the emotion - the smile, the frown, the pursed lips, the widened eyes.