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emoticons

symbols used in electronic communication to convey emotional overtones, especially in text-based systems such as email and chat. The prototypical example is the smiley :-) , and its many variants, such as frowning :-( , winking ;-) , with tongue sticking out :-P , with a carrot nose :^) , and with glasses 8-) .