How to Wean Yourself Off of Using Emoticons :P

Do you use emoticons to the point where you're starting to notice it? Is it beginning to annoy others? Although using them sparingly can be an easy way to express your mood when communicating textually and to personalise your posts, it is very easy to overuse them, which will get on some people's nerves, make you seem more childlike and also make your posts harder to read. Here are some simple tips on breaking your emoticon addiction:

An emoticon is a "facial expression pictorially represented by punctuation and letters, usually to express a writer?s mood"[1], most commonly things like :) :( ;) and :D

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