Cool Smiles

Edratman · #1 September 18th, 2008, 05:28 PM

I just want to thank and congratulate whomever is responsible for all the new smiles and action smiles.

I like them.

:banan a:

President_Elect_Shang · #2 September 18th, 2008, 07:30 PM

Yeah they are pretty cool. I've been waiting to use this one:

Edratman · #3 September 18th, 2008, 10:01 PM

Well, you have now.

Edratman · #4 September 19th, 2008, 06:19 AM

By the way, what is the proper name for them? I've called them "Smiles" because that is the heading on the menu.

I would like to be ahead of the curve on terminology just once.

President_Elect_Shang · #5 September 19th, 2008, 11:22 AM

That's what I've always called them and heard them referred to as.

Gandalf Parker · #6 September 19th, 2008, 12:15 PM

Actually its "smilies" or "smileys" or "emoticons"
Back when the internet was all text they were also. They were small text pictures turned on their side.

Code:

 
:) for a smile 
:( for frown
;) for a wink 
:o for surprise
:D for a grin
>:D for an evil grin
:P for sticking your tongue out
>B{P> evil guy with glasses mustache and a beard sticking his tongue out at you 
(oops, thats me)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon
Gandalf Parker

Edratman · #7 September 19th, 2008, 06:09 PM

Thank you both.

But "smiles" seems inadequate for the moving action figures. It works for the standard pictorial representations of text pictures as Gandalf confims, but I do not think it is valid for the really cool action ones.

Here is my stab at giving them a name.

How about "MnM's"? Short for motion and message?

No doubt the Mars candy company will have a medium sized cow.

Just using more cool MnM's

Edratman · #8 September 22nd, 2008, 06:20 PM

In an amazing coincidence, todays "Blondie" comic calls them "emoticons".