Emoticons have been around a lot longer than one might think. In a March 30, 1881 item in Puck which included typographical representations of joy, melancholy, indifference, and astonishment, it was ...

The shrug emoticon, affectionately known as “shruggie” and occasionally “smugshrug,” is a well-loved piece of ASCII art; meaning everything from “I don't know” to a happy-go-lucky “Whatever!”, ...

Kids these days are all about the emoticons. But before Apple incorporated an emoticon palette directly into its mobile and desktop operating systems, people who were too lazy to type out real words ...