Basics: Smileys or Emoticons

[toro_mike]

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:


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