Hidden Emoticons and Smileys
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Emoticons and smileys are basic graphic images that are added to different software, social websites, forums, messaging services like Yahoo! Messenger and are also in use on many web based sites where user communication is involved. The rise of the Internet and popularity with these websites has seen the use of emoticons increase. They are mainly popular with younger audiences and are designed to show emotion where it is difficult to convey through simple text.
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Emoticons and 'smileys' are basic graphic images that are added to different software, social websites, forums, messaging services like Yahoo! Messenger and are also in use on many web based sites where user communication is involved.
The rise of the Internet and popularity with these websites has seen the use of emoticons increase. They are mainly popular with younger audiences and are designed to show emotion where it is difficult to convey through simple text.
Most websites and software have a large number of smileys and emoticons that can easily be added to the users' comments and are simply selected from the list available. However, the majority also provide emoticons that are not visible in these lists and they are known as 'hidden emoticons'. They can take the form of static images such as a smiley face or a glass of wine and are designed to add extra fun into conversations.
Hidden emoticons are usually used by adding a certain combination of keyboard shortcuts. These are not universal and what works on Yahoo! Messenger may not necessarily work on certain applications for example. The keyboard shortcuts are usually in between 3 to 5 characters so are also quite easy to memorize.
Most people know that typing:-) will result in the typical smile face, however by typing in ~O) into Yahoo! Messenger will show a cup of coffee or **== will show the United States flag. In many cases you can type the country of the flag and it will show up in the chat box you are using.
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