Ubiquitous, possibly annoying :-) first popped up on an online bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on Sept. 19, 1982.

Language experts say the smiley face and other emotional icons, known as emoticons, have given people a concise way in e-mail and other electronic messages of expressing sentiments that otherwise ...

Here is an incomplete list of the times when you are NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES to use a smiley emoticon. Also, please note, you are not allowed to use a 😉 (winky face), a 🙁 (frowny face) or a :/ ...

It's really quite amazing." The smiley face emoticon was first used in a post by Professor Scott E Fahlman to the Carnegie Mellon University computer science general board in 1982, Dr Churches added.

Left: Father of the emoticon Scott Fahlman shows off his happy handiwork. His proposal to use smiley and frowney faces is credited with launching the emoticon in the internet age.

To mark the anniversary today, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored ...

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To mark the anniversary today, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored ...