Smiley face (sometimes referred to as smiley face or smiley face) is a stylized representation of human smiley face, which is a part of global popular culture. The classic form Harvey ball designed in 1963 includes a yellow circle with two black dots (for the eyes) and a black arc (for the mouth). In the Internet and other plain text communication channels, emoticons (sometimes called smiley face emoticons) are the most popular in the tradition, usually using colons and right brackets to form such as: ^,:) or (: rotate 90 degrees, it looks like a smiley face. "Smiley face" is sometimes used as a general term for any illustration. Smiley faces are mentioned in almost all Western cultures, including music, movies and art. Smiley faces are also related to carnival culture in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The plural form "smilies" is usually used, but the variant spelling "smilie" is not as common as "Y".