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English Emoticons and Emoji Dictionary

Source: R/data.R
english_emoticons.Rd

A merged dataset of text emoticons and Unicode emoji with their meanings, categories, and sources. Emoticons come from lingo2word.com via qdapDictionaries; emoji come from Unicode CLDR 45.

Format

A data frame with 467 rows and 5 variables.

Source

lingo2word.com via qdapDictionaries (GPL-2); Unicode CLDR 45

Variables

  • symbol. the text emoticon (e.g., ":-)") or Unicode emoji character

  • meaning. description of the emoticon/emoji (e.g., "happy", "grinning face")

  • type. either "emoticon" or "emoji"

  • category. emoji category (e.g., "smiley", "activity"); NA for emoticons

  • source. data source attribution