Basics: Smileys or Emoticons

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Basics: Smileys or Emoticons

Postby toro_mike » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:48 am

We'll start with some very basic web chat items. The first is smileys or emoticons. These are used to express feelings in written text. Please see the Wikipedia.org page defines all of the most common ones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

The most common text ones are as follows:

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:]
smiley or happy face

:)   XD
laughing,[1] big grin

:(  :c
frown

D: D=
horror, disgust

;)   *)
wink

:P  :p :Þ :b
tongue sticking out, blowing a raspberry

:O
surprise, shock

:/ :\
skeptical, annoyed, uneasy

:X :#
sealed lips, embarrassed

0:)
innocent

:'(
crying

Those animated graphic smileys you see on the left are defined as follows:

:D
Very happy

:)
Smile

;)
Wink

:(
Sad

:o
Surprised

:shock:
Shocked

:?
Confused

8-)
Cool

:lol:
Laughing

:x
Mad

:P
Joking, or jibing

:oops:
Embarrassed

:cry:
Crying, or very sad.

:evil:
Mad or very mad

:twisted:
Twisted mad

:roll:
Rolling your eyes

:!:
Exclaimation!

:?:
Question, or questioning

:idea:
Idea

:|
Neutral, don't care

:mrgreen:
Envious happy face

:geek:
Geek face

:ugeek:
Uber geek face
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