English
Noun
en-noun|sg=smiley face
- A simplified drawing of a smile|smiling face, using two dots for the eyes and an arc for the mouth.
- rare A smiley.
#*2002, Lisa Malia McDonough?, Lisa, the Brief Life of a Writer, p. 136,
#*:Enter the smiley face, the computer hacker's version of comic relief.
#*2005, Craig Cornwell, Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood, p. 20,
#*: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.
#*2007, C. N. Barton, The Cambridge Diaries: A Tale of Friendship, Love And Economics, p. 94,
#*: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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