smileys in English
noun
1
(in electronic communications) a symbol that represents a smiling face, typically formed by the characters :-) and used to indicate that the writer is pleased or joking.
At times, I'm sitting here, feeling morose and depressed or whatever - not feeling bright and chipper - and hiding that in conversations online with smilies and jokes and lighthearted chitchat.
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1. 9 N.B.: Today's cartoon is inspired in large part by my seven-year-old daughter, who's been drawing these amazing people with smileys as faces.
2. Anapsid.org Go URL Emoticons and Abbreviations (Smileys) - Anapsid (1 days ago) Email electronic mail: mail sent over the internet or within a service provider to other members of that provider