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• emoticon /ee-moh'ti-kon/ n. [common] An ASCII glyph used to indicate an emotional state in email or news.
  Although originally intended mostly as jokes, emoticons (or some other explicit humor indication) are virtually required under certain circumstances in high-volume text-only communication forums such as Usene...
• SMILEY :-] biting sarcasm
• Like prehistoric cave dwellers, the devotees of electronic bulletin-boards and "e-mail" have struggled to find a new way to express themselves.
  Wall painting would not work. Words, it seems, are not enough....
• What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language?
  Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly....
• SMILEY ):-) smiley big-face
• A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. Elbert Hubbard
• Hackers do it without a net.
• SMILEY :-1 smiley bland face
• They spend years searching for their natural parents, convinced their parents will be happy to see them.
  I mean, really, can you imagine someone being happy to see an orphan?...