emoticon
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She eulogizes the emoticon, that conglomeration of punctuation marks that English-language texters used to convey feelings before the arrival in 2010 of the emoji.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns tweeted in response on Wednesday, using a national flag emoticon for “America.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Others had grown suspicious of his emoticon use: one wrote that anyone “who uses the ‘!?’ emoji is totally a middle-aged man.”
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2021
The grotesque Smiley masks from the 2012 horror movie “Smiley” — fleshy featureless sights with eye slits and a smiling mouth slit cut and stitched in — recall the smiley emoticon.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2020
Like a little happy but somewhat clueless emoticon.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
These included "broligarchy," "Gen Z stare," and an entry from the world of emoticons -- the dynamite emoji.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
Conversations between the co-defendants on social media showed they had sent emoticons depicting a smiley face and hearts to each other.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
If you can solve that one, you’re probably the right kind of audience for “Textplay,” a witty two-character, no-actor sketch, conducted entirely in the world’s latest lingua franca, complete with emojis, emoticons, ellipses and erasures.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
Viewers can subscribe to an individual streamer for $5 to $25 a month and receive digital badges, custom emoticons and other perks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
My emoticons are puncture-ation marks from the time a dead horse fell out of the sky onto me and my mother.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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