0 an image made up of symbols such as punctuation marks, used in text messages, emails, etc. to express a particular emotion -- 表情符號（簡訊、電子郵件等中用鍵盤上的符號組成的圖形，用來表示某種情緒）
To compensate for this disadvantage, people create and employ linguistic and non-linguistic usages in e-mail writing, such as abbreviations and emoticons.
Such an effect from the use of emoticons is more striking.
The use of emoticons and other signs and symbols seems in some ways to be an extension of the current general fondness for symbols and logos.
Zilic (1999) suggests that the use of emoticons in e-mails makes it relatively easy for people to fake their feelings.
In those cases when used iconically, as with an emoticon, it is entirely presented by the curve of the lips forming a down-open curve.
He suggested the emoticon on an electronic board in 1982 as a way for board readers to know when an author was joking.
Emoticon skills are as they imply: emoticons, which are facial expressions/actions the character can perform.
Smiley is also sometimes used as a generic term for any emoticon.
