emoticon (noun). A figure created with the symbols on the keyboard. Read with the head tilted to the left. Used to convey the spirit in which a line of text is typed.
:-i Semi-Smiley
:-] Smiley blockhead
:-% has beard
:-o singing national anthem
:-t is cross
:-: mutant
:-( Drama
:-) Comedy
:- male
:-? smoking a pipe
:-\ Undecided
:-p) sticking tongue out (at you!)
:-)' tends to drool
:-'| has a cold
:-)8 well dressed
:-D talks too much
:-# lips are sealed.
:-o shocked
:-)-{8 User is a big girl
:-o surprised
:-{ a mustache
:-% has beard.
:-& tongue-tied
:-9 licking lips
:-( Sad
:-> Hey hey
:-X Wearing a bow tie
:-0 an orator
:-#| bushy mustache
:-@ User face screaming
:-% a banker
:-} wearing lipstick
:-) Humor (or smiley)
:-v Talking head Smiley
:-c Bummed out Smiley
:-e Disappointed Smiley
:-< Real sad Smiley
:-I Hmm
:-( Boo hoo
:-8( Condescending stare
:-# My lips are sealed.
:-O Uh oh
:-Q Smoker
::-) wearing glasses
:=) User has two noses
:> Midget Smiley
:>) User has a big nose
:%)% User has acne
;-) Winking Smiley
(-: user is left-handed
(-) needing a haircut
(:-) Smiley big-face
(:-( unSmiley frowning
(:)-) scuba diver
(:I Egghead
):-( UnSmiley big-face
{(:-) wearing toupee.
+-(:-) the pope
+:-) Smiley priest
,-} Wry and winking
*:o) User is a Bozo
*<|:-) User is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
<:I Dunce
<|-)= chinese
=:-) a hosehead
>- Female
>:-< Mad
%-^ Picasso
%-) is cross-eyed
#-) partied all night
@:I Turban
|-O Birth
|-) Hee hee
|-D Ho ho
|-P Yuk
0-) User wearing scuba mask
8-) User wears glasses
8 Infinity
8-| Suspense
8-# Death
8:-) Glasses on forehead
B-) Horn-rims
o-) User is a cyclops
P-) User is getting fresh
[:|] User is a robot
:-=) Older User is listening to Walkman radio
8:] Normal smiling face except that User is a gorilla
@-) Person submitting is Cyclops
:-\ Popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye
:-| No expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'
-:-) sporting a mohawk and admires Mr. T
:~) face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary
:n) User with funny-looking right nose
:u) User with funny-looking left nose
:-s User after a BIZARRE comment
;-\ Popeye gets his lights punched out
'-) only has a left eye, which is closed
:-x "my lips are sealed" Smiley
:-@ beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso
:-| "have an ordinary day" Smiley
:-` spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-6 after eating something sour
:-* just ate a sour pickle
:-7 User after a wry statement
:<| attends an Ivy League school
)8-) Scuba Smiley big-face
{:-) hair parted in the middle
}(:-( wearing toupee in wind.
*-( Cyclops got poked in the eye
=:-#} Smiley punk with a mustache....
=:-) Smiley punk-rocker
|-) User is asleep (boredom)
B-| User is wearing cheap sunglasses
g-) Smiley with ponce-nez glasses
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