English emoticon truncates and joins emotion with icon; this dossier path follows the emotion component.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0477compound componentestablished
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A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
emoticon
keyboard characters depicting a facial expression, posture, emotion, or attitude
OPEN NODE 512 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedPresent-Day English · 1579–today · feeling componentemotion
feeling; originally also disturbance, agitation, or social movement
OPEN NODE 513 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
Feeling supplies the expressive content of the keyboard-character image.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
Merriam-Webster · Unicode Consortium
established — The icon component is preserved as a second cited canonical parent.
reviewed
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
FAQ — Emoji and PictographsHow do emoji differ from emoticons?
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently identifies emotion plus icon and the ASCII character-sequence function.
Emoticon — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History: emotion + icon
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Directly analyzes the English compound.
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EDITORIAL REUSE