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emoticon An acronym for emotion icon, a small icon composed of punctuation characters that indicates how an e-mail message should be interpreted (that is, the writer's mood). For example, a :-) emoticon indicates that the message is meant as a joke and shouldn't be taken seriously.

An emoticon is also called a smiley.

Emoticon
Meaning

:-)
Joking

:-0
Bored

;-)
Winking

:-(
Sad

:-<
Frowning

( 0-0 )
John Lennon

:{)
Man w/ mustache