[pault]

I think that's what aria-label[1] does. Also, I believe the correct term of art is "kamoji"[2]. Emoticons are faces constructed from ascii characters.

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/A...

[2] http://kaomoji.ru/en/

[wccrawford]

Spelling correction: Kaomoji, not "kamoji".

"Kao" is the japanese word for "face" and "moji" is "character".

That said, I don't think there's a "correct term" yet for these things. That's just what some people call them.