Definition of smiley Smiley
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What does smiley mean?
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| smiley - an emoticon of a smiling face |
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- smiley (Noun)
A simplified representation of a smiling face. - smiley (Noun)
A sequence of keyboard characters used to represent a person's mood or emotion, especially Unsupported titles/Colon right : or Unsupported titles/Colon hyphen right :- or other smiling depiction. - smiley (Noun)
Having one's throat slit from side to side. - smiley (Noun)
An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end. - smiley (Adjective)
Cheerful and happy; smiling.
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smiley
A graphical representation, either in the form of an image or made up of ASCII characters.
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A Smiley (also called a "smiley face" and an "emoticon") is a picture of a simple smiling face that is used to show emotion. The first smileys to be widely used were made as yellow buttons, but now the most common smileys are made using computer keyboard symbols. Smileys are used by many people in emails and other types of computer messages. A "smiley" is also sometimes spelt wrongly as "smily" or "smilie".
Smiley button.
The idea of the "smiley" first came from David Stern of an advertising agency called David Stern Inc.. Stern designed the "smiley" in 1967 as part of an advertising campaign for Washington Mutual. The "smiley" was a bright yellow circle representing a face, with black oval eyes and a big curved mouth with smile creases at the ends.
The design was made popular in the early 1970s by a pair of brothers, Murray and Bernard Spain, who though of a great plan to sell novelty items. The two used the "smiley face" on buttons as well to decorate coffee mugs, t-shirts, bumper stickers and many other things. They also used the phrase "Have a happy day" (which was the idea of Gyula Bogar). "Smiley" buttons were very popular from the 1970s onwards.
Smileyworld Ltd.
Smiley is a brand developed by Franklin Loufrani since 1971. He controls Smileyworld Ltd, a company whose mission is to make the world a happier place to live. Its brand Smiley is sold all over the world in several lifestyle industries, its designers are constantly developing very creative and edgy products, an
