diff --git a/nidaba/features/_util/question.py b/nidaba/features/_util/question.py
index d80e62e..bf65e75 100644
--- a/nidaba/features/_util/question.py
+++ b/nidaba/features/_util/question.py
@@ -155,3 +155,25 @@ def python_docs_urls(s):
     result = regex.findall(s)
 
     return result
+
+
+def get_emoticons(text):
+    """
+    Return a dictionary of emoticons & their count in the given text.
+    :param text: String or List of words.
+    :return: Dictionary - emoticons as keys and their count as values.
+    """
+    emoticons = (":-) :) :D :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8) =) :} :^) :っ) :-D 8-D 8D"
+                 "x-D xD X-D XD =-D =D =-3 =3 B^D :-)) >:[ :-( :( :-c :c :-<"
+                 ":っC :< :-[ :[ :{ ;( :-|| :@  >:( :'-( :'(  :'-) :')D :< D:"
+                 "D8 D; D= DX v.v D-': >:O :-O:O:-o:o 8-0 O_O o-o O_o o_O o_o"
+                 "O-O :* :^* ;^) :-, >:P :-P :P X-P x-p xp XP :-p :p =p :-Þ"
+                 ">:\ >:/ :-/ :-. :/ :\ =/ =\ :L =L :S >.< :| :-| :$ :-X :X"
+                 ":-# :# O:-) 0:-3 0:3 0:-) 0:) 0;^) >:) >;) >:-) }:-) }:)"
+                 "3:-) 3:) o/\o ^5 >_>^ ^<_< |;-) |-O :-J :-& :& #-) %-) %)"
+                 ":-###.. :###.. <:-| ಠ_ಠ <*)))-{ ><(((*> ><> \o/ *\0/*"
+                 "@}-;-'--- @>-->-- ~(_8^(I) 5:-) ~:-\ //0-0\\ *<|:-) =:o]"
+                 ",:-) 7:^] <3 </3").split()
+    if isinstance(text, str):
+        text = text.split()
+    return Counter(word for word in text if word in emoticons)
diff --git a/nidaba/features/test/test_questions_util.py b/nidaba/features/test/test_questions_util.py
index 58f03be..f73b7aa 100644
--- a/nidaba/features/test/test_questions_util.py
+++ b/nidaba/features/test/test_questions_util.py
@@ -209,3 +209,17 @@ def test_python_docs_urls():
 
     for url in urls:
         assert url in result
+
+
+def test_get_emoticons():
+    """
+    Test the get_emoticons() _util function.
+    :return: None
+    """
+    text = ('these :) are emoticons:D :) :D :) '
+            'This is my code :] x = text[2:], y = code[0:3][0:-3], z = lst[:3]'
+            'Ive been to the (st{o}re). Thats a nice joke 😆  😆 😆 😛 :D ')
+    assert question.get_emoticons(text) == {':)': 3, ':D': 2, ':]': 1}
+    code = ['This', 'is', 'my', 'code', ':]', 'x', '=', 'text[2:],', 'y',
+            '=', 'code[0:3][0:-3],', 'z', '=', 'lst[:3]', ':D']
+    assert question.get_emoticons(code) == {':]': 1, ':D': 1}