Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graphicon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: graph-icon
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various kinds of graphical icon used on social media platforms.

Example Sentences

"Emoji are a subcategory of what Herring and Dainas (2017) classify as ‘graphicons’ (graphical icons) – a classification of graphical features found on social media platforms that also include emoticons, stickers, graphics interchange formats (GIFs), images and videos."
"In our study, we analyse a case in which the participants of a video-mediated workshop draw on images or animated GIFs (i.e. graphicons) in managing emotion discourse."
"Since its introduction in the early 1970s, textual computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been enriched by graphical icons (henceforth graphicons) that express emotion and attitude."

Etymology

Blend of graphical + icon.

Inflected Forms

graphicons (plural)

Questions

What does graphicon mean?: Any of various kinds of graphical icon used on social media platforms.
Where does graphicon come from?: Blend of graphical + icon.

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