What is a shorthand?

Shorthand ASCII combinations that have special meanings. example :P :D what do they mean. Are they emoticons?

  • :) means happy :( means sad ROLF Rolling on floor laughing out loud what do :P and :D mean can you give more examples of these types of things and there meaning? Are they called emoticons or are they only called emoticons if there are graphics/animation without text?

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    Here is a list of emoticons which were invented by science fiction fans

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:P is a pair of eyes and tongue sticking out, much like :( only with a different mouth. The colon indicates eyes. It is an emoticon The P is a tongue sticking out :P The :D combination uses the colon again to indicate eyes. Here the D is a mouth open wide in a big grin. It is like a :) only with a different mouth. Both are variants of the most common emoticons :( and :)

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