circle containing two dots for eyes and an upturned curve representing a smiling mouth (often appears as a yellow circle); face made of ASCII characters which expresses emotion (Computers)
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Smiley Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
1. simple graphic representation of a smiling face; 2. emoticon :-) or :) - representing a smile; 3. any emoticon
Smiley Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Smiley Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
See emoticon .
"Art" form composed of punctuation. Sometimes used in E-mail or usenet news postings to reduce ambiguity or to entertain. Examples include the plain smiley, ":-)", the winking smiley, ";-)", etc. See also Emoticon http://www.ohiou.edu/acatech/internet/glossary.htm
Smiley Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A smiley, smiley face, or happy face, :) or :D is a stylized representation of a smiling humanoid face, commonly occurring in popular culture. It is commonly represented as a yellow (many other colors are also used) circle (or sphere) with two black dots representing eyes and a black arc representing the mouth. “Smiley” is also sometimes used as a generic term for any emoticon.
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