Basics: Smileys or Emoticons
Posted: 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:
Those animated graphic smileys you see on the left are defined as follows:
Very happy
Smile
Wink
Sad
Surprised
Shocked
Confused
Cool
Laughing
Mad
Joking, or jibing
Embarrassed
Crying, or very sad.
Mad or very mad
Twisted mad
Rolling your eyes
Exclaimation!
Question, or questioning
Idea
Neutral, don't care
Envious happy face
Geek face
Uber geek face
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:
Very happy
Smile
Wink
Sad
Surprised
Shocked
Confused
Cool
Laughing
Mad
Joking, or jibing
Embarrassed
Crying, or very sad.
Mad or very mad
Twisted mad
Rolling your eyes
Exclaimation!
Question, or questioning
Idea
Neutral, don't care
Envious happy face
Geek face
Uber geek face