Emotion Icon facts
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The original pilot episode of Star Trek featured none of the known cast except Spock (Leonard Nimoy) who didn't have the straight-across Vulcan haircut and showed a great deal more emotion than became iconic of Vulcans.
The words emoji and emoticon, despite sharing a similar meaning and appearance, have no etymological relation. Emoji comes from a japanese term meaning 'picture letter,' while emoticon is a portmanteau of emotion and icon.
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“emoji” and “emoticon” are not related. emoji is an actual Japanese word that means picture(e)+character(moji) and therefore it’s similarity to the English portmanteau of “emotion” and “icon” is purely coincidental.
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The words "emoji" and "emoticon" are not at all related; "emoticon" is "emotion" + "icon" but "emoji" comes from "e" (picture) + "moji" (writing).
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Scott Fahlman, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, invented emoticons (short for emotion icon) such as :) and :(
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Computer scientist Scott Fahlman created the first online emoticon (Emotion Icon) in 1982 to distinguish serious posts from jokes. However it's debatable that Abraham Lincoln used an emoticon in his speech in 1862, making him the first ever to use an emoticon.
