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by chrisper 3340 days ago
I think it is an emoticon, but I am not sure! Or are emoticons always sideways? Hmm...!
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floatboth 3339 days ago
I always thought "emoticon" is the most generic word that includes everything from ":)" to the shrug to unicode emoji.
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eric_h 3339 days ago
given that it's made with unicode characters, as opposed to just ascii, I believe it is an emojicon ;)
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