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Frowney N. (alt. `frowney Face') See Emoticon.
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frowney n.
(alt. `frowney face') See emoticon.
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winkey n. (alt. `winkey face') See emoticon.
emoticon /ee-moh'ti-kon/ n. [common] An ASCII glyph used to indicate an emotional state in email or news.
Although originally intended mostly as jokes, emoticons (or some other explicit humor indication) are virtually required under certain circumstances in high-volume text-only communication forums such as Usene...
miley n. See emoticon.
alt /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or clone keyboard
ee bucky bits, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit)....
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alt: /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or {clone} keyboard
ee {bucky bits}, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit)....
VAXen /vak'sn/ n. [from `oxen', perhaps influenced by `vixen'] (alt.
`vaxen') The plural canonically used among hackers for the DEC VAX computers....
SMILEY <:>== a turkey emotico
party: /at'par`tee/ [from the @-sign in an Internet address] n.
(alt. `@-sign party' /at'si:n par`tee/) A semi-closed party thrown for hackers at a science-fiction convention (esp....