what are the little symbols used in texting called
A smiley face, also called a text smiley, smiley or emoticon, is ordinary characters used in text-based communications to represent a human facial expression to convey emotion, much in the same way we use facial expressions and different voice tones when we communicate face-to-face with people.n the same way that a person's voice or facial expression changes when having a face-to-face conversation, a smiley face is used in online chat and text messages to achieve the same result. It lets people know if you are smiling, laughing or upset and not very happy with the conversation taking place.