Meaning of smiley face | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A smiley, a simplified drawing of a smiling face, using two dots for the eyes and an arc for the mouth.
2. A smiley, a sequence of text characters used to represent a happy mood, e.g. :) or :-).
   Internet, rare

Examples

“Enter the smiley face, the computer hacker's version of comic relief.”

“Two minutes later a reply came back. Cool, see you tomorrow...x Campbell sent back a smiley face, did a little dance around the bedroom and flopped back onto his bed wearing a smiley face of his own.”

“Against Mary Jane's wishes, I texted Gavin just to reassure him that I was not going out with his girlfriend. I put a smiley face at the end of the message.”

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