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...media have democratized the dissemination of knowledge. Children type their names before they write them. We devour a daily buffet of words. The average American reads and writes more today than at any time in our history—even if it’s TMZ we read and emoticon-peppered e-mails we write. We are all authors now. Sarah Palin has just written a book. Texting while driving has become a national problem. Last week I passed a young couple holding hands. With their free hands, they were texting. Fifteen years ago, bored students stared out classroom windows...
When the sixth round ended, Manny Pacquiao did a half-pirouette toward his corner, raised his eyebrows like a happy emoticon and beamed a smile that couldn't be hidden by all the blood in his mouthpiece. Everyone who saw it knew that he knew at that moment that he was going to win the fight. Not that his partisans had any doubt. The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas roared like never before. "Let's go, Manny!" reverberated again and again as the crowd demanded that their champion finish off his opponent and win glory for the Philippines...
...kept returning to the tale of that IM’ing teenager with cancer and hepatitis C who believes God has “4saken” her. It’s a jarring piece, which pulls off both the funniest and most powerful use of an emoticon in, perhaps, the history of comedy. The girl writes, “i’ve decided 2 stop praying. Y should I? i h8 god. He sh@ on me & I h8 him. All i can do now is w8 4 death...
...point, according to police documents, Tess was alone in the house with her dead mother stuffed in a car in the garage. In a P.S. Tess says, "Your gonna be really happy when you come home! Your wifey cleaned up the house and did ALL the laundry for you. [emoticon for a grin]" But two days later she writes, "I lied about the laundry... [emoticon for a frown] There was too much to do. So I like, did a lot of it, but theres still a lot left...
...INSERT EMOTICON FOR "EWWWW" HERE The priest who had his own inappropriate relationship with the congressional-page-stalking Mark Foley when Foley was a teen comes forward. Anthony Mercieca says he did NOT have sexual relations with that man, just some skinny-dipping and nude saunas: "I don't know what I did to him." Of course, that's why you have to save the chat...