Smiley

A smiley is a graphic representation of a smiling human face. In the context of the Internet, "smiley" sometimes means the same as "emoticon" (a short string of characters representing a human face) but more frequently means an emoticon that represents a smiling human face. Smileys are usually used in email messages or in chat. To more easily recognise them, put your head on your left shoulder.

Some basic examples:

 :-)             is a smile

 ;-)             is winking

 B-) or 8-)      has (sun)glasses

There are a lot of possibilities, people are very good at interpreting pictures as smiles.

See ascii art and emoticon.

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