Emoticons

An emotion is something that describes how you feel.

An emoticon is something is a expression to show how you feel.

10 examples of emoticons and what they mean are:
=) happy
=( sad
='( crying
= ? confused
;) winking
=-OWW surprised
=-) happy with nose
=-( sad with nose
=D super happy
=V=- a man with an aligotor on his head

An acronym is a shorter version of a phrase

10 appropriate examples texting/IMing acronyms are:
LOL - laugh out loud
BRB - be right back
BBL - be back later
G2G - got to go
L8R - later
2day - today
B4 - before
R - are
Y - why
ILY - i love you