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The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.
Hal Sparks

Meaning of "emoticon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EMOTICON

From emot(ion) + icon.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EMOTICON

emoticon  [ɪˈməʊtɪˌkɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMOTICON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Emoticon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EMOTICON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Emoticon

An emoticon is a metacommunicative pictorial representation of a facial expression which in the absence of body language and prosody serves to draw a receiver's attention to the tenor or temper of a sender's nominal verbal communication, changing and improving its interpretation. It expresses—usually by means of punctuation marks—a person's feelings or mood and can include numbers and letters, as well. These emoticons are usually flipped sideways. In the most recent years, as social media has become widespread, emoticons have played a significant role in communication through technology. These emoticons offer another range of "tone" and feeling through texting that portrays specific emotions through facial gestures while in the midst of cyber communication. An emoticon is or can be an abbreviation for emotion icon though it is most commonly spoke and pronounced as emoticon it is rarely named as an emotion icon.

Definition of emoticon in the English dictionary

The definition of emoticon in the dictionary is any of several combinations of symbols used in electronic mail and text messaging to indicate the state of mind of the writer, such as :-) to express happiness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMOTICON


air-con
ˈɛəˌkɒn
basilicon
bəˈsɪlɪˌkɒn
Budokon
ˈbuːdəʊˌkɒn
Comecon
ˈkɒmɪˌkɒn
eirenicon
aɪˈriːnɪˌkɒn
eulachon
ˈjuːləˌkɒn
favicon
ˈfævɪˌkɒn
genethliacon
ˌdʒɛnɪθˈlaɪəˌkɒn
hexastichon
hɛkˈsæstɪˌkɒn
irenicon
aɪˈriːnɪˌkɒn
isodicon
aɪˈsɒdɪˌkɒn
onomasticon
ˌɒnəˈmæstɪˌkɒn
orthicon
ˈɔːθɪˌkɒn
ostracon
ˈɒstrəˌkɒn
Plumbicon
ˈplʌmbɪˌkɒn
recon
ˈriːˌkɒn
replicon
ˈrɛplɪˌkɒn
Saticon
ˈsætɪˌkɒn
telecon
ˈtɛlɪˌkɒn
vidicon
ˈvɪdɪˌkɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMOTICON

emoter
emotion
emotionable
emotional
emotional baggage
emotional blackmail
emotional correctness
emotional cripple
emotional intelligence
emotional labour
emotional literacy
emotional roller coaster
emotional wreck
emotionalisation
emotionalise
emotionalism
emotionalist
emotionalistic
emotionality
emotionalization

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMOTICON

apollonicon
catholicon
cross the Rubicon
etymologicon
fashion icon
ferrosilicon
harmonicon
helicon
icon
image orthicon
lexicon
lyricon
mental lexicon
panopticon
pantechnicon
Rubicon
salpicon
silicon
stereopticon
synonymicon

Synonyms and antonyms of emoticon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «emoticon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMOTICON

Find out the translation of emoticon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of emoticon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «emoticon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

表情符号 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

emoticón
570 millions of speakers

English

emoticon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इमोटिकॉन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعبيرات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смайлик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

emoticon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইমোটিকন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

émoticon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Emotikon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Emoticon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

顔文字
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이모티콘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Emoticon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biểu tượng cảm xúc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எமோடிகானைச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इमोटिकॉन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ifade
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

faccina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

emotikon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смайлик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

emoticon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

emoticon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

emoticon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uttryckssymbol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjesing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of emoticon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMOTICON»

The term «emoticon» is very widely used and occupies the 21.896 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of emoticon
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «emoticon».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMOTICON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «emoticon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «emoticon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about emoticon

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2 QUOTES WITH «EMOTICON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word emoticon.
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Carly Pope
People are totally overusing LOL and a wink - and I'm very guilty of using the wink - that's probably my favourite emoticon to use because 'I'm being sarcastic, don't misinterpret; don't misconstrue; I'm just kidding.' Again, for as many benefits as it has, also picking up the phone and having a conversation speaks volumes.
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Hal Sparks
The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMOTICON»

Discover the use of emoticon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to emoticon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Emoticon Stickers
Combining "emotion" and "icon," emoticons use punctuation and letters as a shorthand for a variety of moods—from surprise to disappointment to joy.
Ellen Christiansen Kraft, 2011
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Supporting Learning Flow Through Integrative Technologies
... results, it seems that emoticons which expressed the character's eyes with a line seemed more vague which increased the number of emotional interpretations. The range of interpretations was surprising broad, for instance, the emoticon (-.
Tsukasa Hirashima, Ulrich Hoppe, Shelley Shwu-Ching Young, 2007
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Global Literacies and the World Wide Web
The American smiley emoticon represents exactly the smile in this definition with an "upturning of the corners of the mouth." But the Japanese smiley emoticon has a straight mouth. Many Japanese use a variation of the standard Japanese ...
Gail E. Hawisher, Cynthia L. Selfe, 2005
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Pictograms: Ideogram, Emoticon, Rock-Paper-Scissors, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books, LLC, 2010
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Ibm Lotus Sametime 8 Essentials: A User's Guide
Add one emoticon to your existing palette by clicking on Add Picture Add a text emoticon byclicking on Add Text Remove a single emoticon by clicking on the Remove button Reorder your emoticons byusing the MoveTo, Move Up, and ...
Marie L. Scott, Thomas Duff, 2010
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NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
emoticon :-) pronounced: e-moh-tih-con An emoticon is a sequence of typed characters that creates a rough picture of something, such as a facial expression. lf you don't see the picture in the emoticon shown above, try tilting your head to the ...
Erin Jansen, Vincent James, 2002
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Picture Yourself Learning Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
That means you can provide an image you want to become an emoticon, and Messenger for Mac will transform that image into a proper emoticon that you can then send to your chat partners directly from the text input window. In Figure 8.22, I ...
David W. Boles, 2008
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Multimodal Signals: Cognitive and Algorithmic Issues: COST ...
10 The values in the “Emoticon Distribution” columns of this table and the values in remaining tables are percentages. Table 4. Postings With and Without Emoticons & Proportions of. 276 C. Vogel and J.F. Janssen. Emoticon Class Frequency ...
Anna Esposito, Amir Hussain, Maria Marinaro, 2009
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More Simple Internet Activities
Emoticon. Scavenger. Hunt. Activity Description In this activity, students will explore the fun side of online communications. They will have the opportunity to use bookmarks and/or type in URLs as they learn about the importance of emotions ...
Sara Connolly, Teacher Created Resources, Sharon Coan, 2003
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Articles on Internet Forum Terminology, Including: Emoticon, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMOTICON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term emoticon is used in the context of the following news items.
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DeAndre Jordan situation leads to emoticon war, funny memes, tweets
Nothing says "it's on" quite like grown men who make millions of dollars going back-and-forth on Twitter in a heated emoticon battle. «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
2
Emoji inventor's sweet new idea
The artificial intelligence expert hands out smiley-face cookies every September at the university, on the anniversary of his emoticon eureka ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
3
Working up a sweat! New father Sam Worthington put his biceps to …
Lara wore a pair of Balenciaga studded sandals teamed with leopard print jeans and she simply captioned the snap with a rocket emoticon. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
'Everest twins' clinch Explorers Grand Slam
Mountaineers at Mountains. · 680 followers. · April 23 · Edited ·. Victory for the girl child! wink emoticon like emoticon. 339 Likes · 23 Comments ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
5
Mom Diagnoses Her Son's Lyme Disease From a Facebook Photo
... I am being rude in not replying... I am literally receiving thousands of messages and simply can't reply to everyone. Thank you smile emoticon. «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»
6
'Delighted' Rooneys Expecting Third Child
Both of the Rooneys added an emoticon to express their joy at the news; a smiling happy face with love hearts for eyes from Coleen, while her ... «Sky News, Jul 15»
7
Bill Shorten union royal commission: live updates
And of course, all emoticon jokes aside, there are many unions who would never, ever take money off employers. #turc. — Grace Collier ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
8
Vanderpump Rules Stars Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz Are …
she wrote alongside the photo and an emoticon of a sparkler. Schwartz also posted a beaming Instagram photo of Maloney and himself. «People Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Glass half-full
When Millennials posts the shrug emoticon, we are doing the same thing in text form. So when Vonnegut writes, “So it goes,” it is only easy to ... «Florida Flambeau, Jul 15»
10
Kylie Jenner's boyfriend Tyga: My penis photo is real but I did not …
After sending out the penis pic with a smiley face emoticon, Tyga allegedly messaged a photo of his face upon request for validation, to which ... «Reality TV World, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Emoticon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/emoticon>. May 2024 ».
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