think about it, invented on and for the internet, and nearly everyone on the internet knows what an emoticon is.
what your thoughts
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are emoticons memes?
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hell yes! ^_^ B;-D
(-_-)a hmm…
these bunny gif emoticons, originally made by a Chinese netizen known as Wangmomo, became really popular in IM chats and discussion boards. Personally, I prefer gif emoticons over still ones.
Let's not forget the Awesome Smiley.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/awesome-smiley
Yes, specific sets of emoticons are memes. I would hesitate to call Emoticons as a whole a "meme." Creating a meme entry for specific emoticons is great. But the "emoticons" entry was deadpooled for being too broad.