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Published in 2012, the text leaps, runs on, includes emoticons and ignores punctuation, just like DMs and text messages.
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
When reached for comment by Fortune about his exclusion from Reddit’s S-1 filing, Ohanian replied with a shrug emoticon: ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
Reddit declined to comment.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
The humble emoji—and its older cousin, the emoticon—has infiltrated the corporate world, especially in tech.
—Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2023
Ellison replied with a sad-face emoticon, which seemed to have understated her emotional volatility.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
When reached for comment by Fortune about his exclusion from Reddit’s S-1 filing, Ohanian replied with a shrug emoticon: ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
Reddit declined to comment.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
The humble emoji—and its older cousin, the emoticon—has infiltrated the corporate world, especially in tech.
—Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2023
Ellison replied with a sad-face emoticon, which seemed to have understated her emotional volatility.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
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“Emoticon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emoticon. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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emoticon
noun
emo·ti·con
i-ˈmō-ti-ˌkän 
: a group of characters (as :-) for a smile) that suggests an attitude or facial expression
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