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emoticon

[ih-moh-ti-kon] / ɪˈmoʊ tɪˌkɒn /
NOUN
keyboard symbol code, :-)
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“To all the Tweeps who decided to make today your last day: thanks for being incredible teammates through the ups and downs,” she tweeted with a saluting emoticon.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2022

The line was followed by a winking emoticon.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

“And here you can’t even remove one fool,” Lutsenko laments, using a sad-face emoticon as he again appeared to push for Yovanovitch’s ouster.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2020

He argued that his use of the tongue-out emoticon “:-P” suggested that he was making statements in jest and not as serious threats.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2019

I offered to give him my own T-shirt, but he said no because he couldn't think up anything new to name my emoticon scar.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith



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