smiley face

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smiley face

noun smiley faces · smily face

A smiley, a simplified drawing of a smiling face, using two dots for the eyes and an arc for the mouth.
Internet, rare A smiley, a sequence of text characters used to represent a happy mood, e.g. :) or :-). Enter the smiley face, the computer hacker's version of comic relief.

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@misc{smiley_face_2026,
  title = {smiley face},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smiley%20face},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}