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I used an emoticon in a work-related e-mail.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Actually, I don\u2019t like to use emoticons in any e-mail. If you have been under a rock the past decade and don\u2019t know what an emoticon is, count your blessings.<\/p>\n<p>Emoticons are the juvenile symbols that people use in online communication to try and give some context to their words.<\/p>\n<p>I shouldn\u2019t make fun of emoticons because I know that using them can mean the difference between a laugh and an angry response. But I loathe using them at work where I have to pretend to be grown up.<\/p>\n<p>I use smilies and all other sorts of emoticons in other online communication. I frequent several message boards and liberally use the graphic emoticons that those online communities use.<\/p>\n<p>But a smilie in an e-mail to a vice president at work?<\/p>\n<p>I went for it and got a reply with an emoticon from her. So I guess I passed the test. Still, I wonder if what we did was right.<\/p>\n<p>Should two adults with families \u2013 she has a grown child for God\u2019s sake \u2013 stoop to combining a parenthesis and a colon instead of using words to indicate that the previous statement was a joke?<\/p>\n<p>I really don\u2019t know where I stand on this. I guess if we stick to the occasional emoticon in work-related communication, I can keep my dignity. But I draw the line at the use of LOL and ROTFL. That\u2019s just wrong.<\/p>\n<p>More and more, I find myself facing these kinds of situations. I\u2019m midway between 35 and 40 so I honestly don\u2019t know what I can pull off anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen or 20 years ago, I used to sprinkle \u201cdude\u201d into my conversation with reckless abandon. I would call anyone \u201cdude,\u201d regardless of gender.<\/p>\n<p>When I say \u201cdude\u201d now, my 5-year-old goes into a laughing fit. 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