The easiest way to be as smug as possible is to add a nose to your emoticons :-)
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Replying to @sebmck
Calling it an emoticon instead of smiley will also do it
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Replying to @ryanflorence @threepointone
I don’t recall ever hearing anyone call them “smileys”, in particular old chat software. Sounds like the kids word for emoticon.
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Replying to @sebmck @threepointone
I think that's because when I was 15 you were not alive, or maybe just barely.
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Replying to @ryanflorence @threepointone
I can’t make a snarky comment because I don’t know how old you are
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I'm 26 and when I was a kid I remember calling them smileys.
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Ya’ll are just confirming my comment that smiley is the kid word for emoticon
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Old black and white Nokia phones didn't have emojis, they had smileys, and they were called smileys in phone's interface. Unless kids designed those phones...
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Looks like the term “smilies” is due to the “The Smiley Company” who forced phone manufacturers to license the right. Not exactly making a compelling case her for ubiquity and standards. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiley_Company …
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