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Etymology
blend|emotion|icon

Noun
en-noun

1. A graphical representation, either in the form of an image or made up of ASCII characters, of a particular emotion of the writer.

Synonyms
smiley

Translations
Finnish: hymiö
Spanish: emoticón

Usage notes
In contexts with image-based emoticons, emoticon often refers specifically to image-based glyphs, while smiley refers to text-based ones.

See also
Appendix:Emoticons|Emoticons appendix

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