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All posts tagged

emoticons

March 11, 2015

Proper Uses for the Emoticon 8==> in Business Email

by Kevin Keller
January 6, 2012

Important New Emoticons

by Mira Ptacin
January 21, 2011

An Open Letter to the Smiley Face Following an Insult

by Jade Ologunja
June 4, 2008

The Final Standings in a Contest to Create an Emoticon for the Most Seemingly Impossible to Depict State of Being

by Adam Quesnell
March 6, 2006

Sample Emoticons for e-Kicking Someone in the e-Balls

by Barbara DeCesare
January 11, 2006

Suggestions for a Proposed National Code of Health Emoticons and Abbreviations for Instant Messenger

by Kathy Salerno

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May 13, 2022

Ten Possibilities the Applebee’s Waitress Considers Before It Occurs to Her the Women in Booth Fourteen Might Be a Couple with Two Children

by Susan Perabo
May 18, 2022

A Passenger’s One-Star Review of the Trolley Ride from the Trolley Problem

by Tyler Gooch
May 13, 2022

A Modest Proposal for Solving the Baby Formula Shortage

by Carlos Greaves
November 13, 2018

If People Talked to Other Professionals the Way They Talk to Teachers

by Shannon Reed

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May 26, 2022

Yes, You Caught Me. I’m Trans Because It’s the Trendy New Thing to Legislate Against

by Spencer Meade
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by Nicole Beckley
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We Bled All Winter—Part I

by Shelly Oria
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Oh, You Think You’re a Real Star Wars Fan? Name Three of Its Stars You’ve Bullied Off Social Media

by Callum Wratten