emoticon

• Representación gráfica de una expresión facial, como una sonrisa o un ceño fruncido, creada mediante una secuencia de caracteres y utilizada a menudo en correos electrónicos o mensajes de texto para transmitir emociones.

A representation of a facial expression, such as a smile or frown, created by typing a sequence of characters, often used in email or text messages to convey emotion.

1. Typed facial expressionA2informal

   A sequence of keyboard characters used to represent a facial expression, such as a smile or frown, in electronic communication.

   Emoticono

   • She ended her message with a smiley emoticon like :)
   • He used a winking emoticon ;) to show he was joking.
   • In early emails, people often used the emoticon :-( to express sadness.

   Sinónimossmiley