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Re:OS X DNS cache reset script by tantalor on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @11:44AM (#11902753)
The term emoticon refers to a series of text characters (typically punctuation or symbols) that is meant to represent a facial expression or gesture (sometimes when viewed sideways), such as ;-).

Emoticons predate Unicode and emoji, but were later adapted to include Unicode characters.

http://unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Emoticons

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