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Description: Neal Stephenson's anti-smiley screed from The New Republic.
The online world has its own cliches and truisms, none so haggard as the belief that reliable written communication is impossible without frequent use of emoticons, better known as the "smileys." Emoticons are nothing more than characters that look like a face when viewed sideways. The original smiley is :-), but there are innumerable variations, such as :-0 ;-) :-( 8-) :-{) :-{)>, and each can signify anything from facial hair to a particular emotional state. Emoticons are the electronic equivalent of spin doctors: commonly inserted at the end of a sentence that is meant to be interpreted as sarcasm, or, in general, whenever the writer fears his or her prose may be about to jump the iron rails of literalism.
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| Page title: | Smiley's people |
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| Description: | Neal Stephenson, The New Republic, 1993-09-13 |
| IP-address: | 194.70.3.30 |
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| Date | Creation Date: 15-jan-1997 Expiration Date: 14-jan-2015 |