Emoticon Symbols

Emoticon symbols are basically a textual portrayal of a mood or facial expression. They can be used to clarify the intent of a message as do the words, " just joking" . Basic text versions of emoticons were as simply as a colon and a left parenthesis :) to make a smiley face or using a right parenthesis for a frown :( Animation took things one step further with images that " dance and .