{"id":22415,"date":"2012-09-22T00:09:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=22415"},"modified":"2012-09-22T00:09:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T07:09:09","slug":"emoticons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/22415","title":{"rendered":"Emoticons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tSo maybe I am<\/em> a little late on the trend … but these emoticon things are crackin’ me up like yesterday’s egg scramble. A quick way to show computerized emotion, these little push-button faces are the Internet equivalent of gestures, facial expressions, and body language. Surprisingly, these aren’t something new; emoticons (referred to below as typographical art) go back as far as 1881!<\/p>\n

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Emoticons printed in 1881 in the U.S. magazine Puck. Puck no. 212, p. 65. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are the more modern versions of “typographical art.”<\/p>\n

Smiley face : )<\/p>\n

Smiley face = )<\/p>\n

Upturned smile :] …<\/p>\n

Smiley face with nose :0)<\/p>\n

Smile with sunglasses B )<\/p>\n

Double-eyed wink >.<<\/p>\n

Big smile! : D<\/p>\n

Smile ‘n’ wink ; )<\/p>\n

Sticking tongue out : p<\/p>\n

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Unhappy smile >:(<\/p>\n

Smile with nose \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Happy smile ^_^<\/p>\n

Crazy eyes O_o<\/p>\n

Surprised :-O<\/p>\n

Sad face :'(<\/p>\n

Bummed : \/<\/p>\n

Those featured below show the breadth of keyboard possibility. Simply hilarious!<\/p>\n

Cheerleader *\\O\/*<\/p>\n

Cat >’o'<<\/p>\n

Cowboy <):-)<\/p>\n

Cyclops o-)<\/p>\n

Angel 0:)<\/p>\n

DJ d[-_-]b<\/p>\n

Fish <*))))><<\/p>\n

Kirby <(‘.'<)<\/p>\n

People smooching ( ‘}~{‘ )<\/p>\n

What emoticons do you use during your day-to-day key-punching? Let’s see them! ^_^\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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