Emoticons (emotional icons) are used to compensate for the inability to convey voice inflections, facial expressions, and bodily gestures in written communication
http://www.pb.org/emoticon.html
Emoticons are ASCII (plain text) graphics. To read these, tilt your head to the left until the dots look like a pair of eyes. (BTW, the noses are optional.)
http://www.pfccheatsheet.com/fnemot98.htm
An extensive list. Emoticons are ASCII glyphs originally designed to show an emotional state in plain text messages.
http://www.cknow.com/ckinfo/acronyms/emoticons.htm
Online culture's foremost contribution to either the evolution of language or the death of literacy, depending on your point of view.
http://www.plastic.com/article.pl?sid=01/04/09/224239
A sequence of ordinary characters you can find on your computer keyboard. Emoticons are used in e-mail and other forms of communication.
http://www.muller-godschalk.com/emoticon.html
Linguist, Naomi Baron, predicts that abbreviations will replace emoticons and that electronic communication will grow increasingly cryptic as groups develop their own secret codes.
http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2001/04/emoticon_sidebar.html
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