What are "Emoticons"?

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The PRE and /PRE command doesn't seem to work.

Emoticons
Emoticons are facial expressions made by a certain series of keystrokes. Most often producing an image of a face sideways.

!-(	Black eye
!-)	Proud of black eye
#-)	Wiped out, partied all night
#:-o	Shocked
$-)	Won the lottery, or money on the brain
%(\|:-)	Propeller-head
*%}**	Inebriated
%+{	Got beat up
%-(	Confused
%-)	Dazed or silly
%-6	Brain-dead
%-\	Hung over
%-{	Ironic
%-\|	Worked all night
%-}	Humorous or ironic
%\	Hangover
>>:-<<	Furious
>-	Female
>->	Winking devil
>-<	Furious
>-)	Devilish wink
>:)	Little devil
>:->	Very mischievous devil
>:-<	Angry
>:-<	Mad
>:-(	Annoyed
>:-)	Mischievous devil
>=^ P	Yuck
<:>	Devilish expression
<:->	Devilish expression
<:-(	Dunce
<:-)	Innocently asking dumb question
<:-\|	Dunce
<:\|	Dunce
( 8(\|)	Homer
( <> .. <> )	alienated
(( )):**	Hugs and kisses
((()))	Lots of hugging (initials or a name can be put in the middle of the one being hugged)
()	Hugging
(-:	Left-handed smile, or smiley from the southern hemisphere
(:&	Angry
(:-	Unsmiley
(:-&	Angry
(:-(	Unsmiley
(:-)	Smiley variation
(:-*	Kiss
(:-\	Very sad
(::()::)	Bandaid, meaning comfort
(:\|	Egghead
*	Kiss
*<:-)	Santa Claus
*<\|:-)	Santa Claus, or a clown
*-)	Shot to death
+<:-)	Religious leader
+<:-\|	Monk or nun
+<\|\|-)	Knight
+:-)	Priest
+O:-)	The Pope
-)	Tongue in cheek
-=	Snuffed candle to end a flame message
-=#:-)	Wizard
/\/\/\	Laughter
0:-)	Angel
12x@>--->---	A dozen roses
2B\|^2B	To be or not to be
5:-)	Elvis
7:)	Ronald Reagan
7:^)	Ronald Reagan
8	Infinity
8 :-)	Wizard
8)	Wide-eyed, or wearing glasses
8-#	Death
8-)	Wide-eyed, or wearing glasses
8-o	Shocked
8-O	Astonished
8-P	Yuck!
8-[	Frayed nerves; overwrought
8-]	Wow!
8-\|	Wide-eyed surprise
: (	Sad
: )	Smile
: [	Bored, sad
: \|	Bored, sad
:( )	Loudmouth, talks all the time; or shouting
:*	Kiss
*:)**	Clowning
::**	Returning kiss
:+(	Got punched in the nose
:,(	Crying
:-	Male
:-#	My lips are sealed; or someone wearing braces
:-&	Tongue-tied
:->	Smile of happiness or sarcasm
:-><	Puckered up to kiss
:-<	Very sad
:-(	Frown
:-)	Classic smiley
:-*	Kiss
:-,	Smirk
:-/	Wry face
:-6	Exhausted
:-9	Licking lips
:-?	Licking lips, or tongue in cheek
:-@	Screaming
:-C	Astonished
:-c	Very unhappy
:-D	Laughing
:-d~	Heavy smoker
:-e	Disappointed
:-f	Sticking out tongue
:-I	Pondering, or impartial
:-i	Wry smile or half-smile
:-J	Tongue in cheek
:-j	One-sided smile
:-k	Puzzlement
:-l	One-sided smile
:-M	Speak no evil
:-O	Open-mouthed, surprised
:-o	Surprised look, or yawn

:-P	Sticking out tongue
:-p	Sticking tongue out
:-p~	Heavy smoker
:-Q	Tongue hanging out in disgust, or a smoker
:-Q~	Smoking
:-r	Sticking tongue out
:-s	What?!
:-t	Unsmiley
:-V	Shouting
:-X	My lips are sealed; or a kiss
:-x	Kiss, or My lips are sealed
:-Y	Aside comment
:-[	Unsmiling blockhead; also criticism
:-\'\|	Sniffles
:-]	Smiling blockhead; also sarcasm
:-{)	Smile with moustache
:-{)}	Smile with moustache and beard
:-{}	Blowing a kiss
:-\|	Indifferent, bored or disgusted
:-\| :-\|	Deja vu
:-\|\|	Very angry
:-}	Mischievous smile
:-~)	A cold
:-~\|	A cold
:.(	Crying
:/)	Not funny
:/i	No smoking
:>	What?
:@	What?
:C	Astonished
:e	Disappointed
:P	Sticking out tongue
:X	Hear no evil
:x	Kiss
:\'	Crying
:\'(	Crying
:\'-(	Crying
:\'-)	Tears of happiness
:^D	Happy, approving
:`-(	Shedding a tear
:{	Having a hard time
:~)	A cold
:~-(	Crying
:~/	Confused
; )	Wink
; P	Wink with a raspberry
;(	Crying
;-(	Angry, or got a black eye
;-)	Winkey
;-D	Winking and laughing
= O	Surprised
= X	My lips are sealed
=):-)=	Abraham Lincoln
=:-)	Punk, or hosehead
=====:}	Snake
=^*	Kisses
=^D	Big grin
?(	Black eye
?-(	Black eye
@>--->---	A long-stemmed rose
@==	Atomic bomb
@}->--	Rose
B:-)	Sunglasses on head
d :-o	Hats off to you!
IOHO	In Our Humble Opinion
M-)	See no evil
M-), :X, :-M	See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
M:-)	A salute
O 8-)	Starry-eyed angel
O :-)	Angel
O+	Female
O->	Male
O8-)	Starry-eyed angel
O:-)	Angel
P*	French kiss
Q:-)	College graduate
X-(	Just died
[:-)	Wearing a Walkman
[:-]	Square head
[:-\|	Frankenstein
[:]	Robot
[:\|	Frankenstein
[:\|]	Robot
[[ ]]	Hug Insert a name in the brackets of the one who is being hugged, as: [[Marcia]]
[]	Hug
\')	Winky
\'-)	Winky
\_/	Empty glass
\~/	Full glass
]:->	Devil
]:-)	Happy devil
][	Back to back
^ ^ ^	Giggles
^5	High five
`:-)	Raised eyebrow
{{ }}	Hug; the one whose name is in the brackets is being hugged Example: {{MJ}}
{}	No comment
\|(	Sleepy (on late night email message)
\|-<>	Puckered up for a kiss
\|-(	Sleepy, struggling to stay awake, or sleeping badly
\|-D	Big laugh
\|-O	Yawn
\|-{	Good grief!
\|-\|	Asleep
\|I	Asleep
\|^o	Snoring
}-)	Wry smile
}: [	Angry, frustrated
}{	Face to face
~ :-(	Steaming mad
~:-(	Flame message
~:-\	Elvis
~:o	Baby
~:\	Elvis
~=	Lit candle, indicating a flame (inflammatory message)
~==	Begins a flame (inflammatory message)
~~:-(	Especially hot flame message
~~:[	Net flame
~~~~8}	Snake
~~~~~8}	Snake

Was the Monica Lewinsky emoticon in the list?

USEFUL INTERNET EMOTICONS
EMOTICON	MEANING
:)	Happy person
:(	Sad person
:-)	Happy person with a nose
:-(	Sad person with a nose
:---(	Person who is sad because he or she has a large nose
:(	Person who is sad because he or she has a large fish for a nose
:-D	Person laughing
:-D*	Person laughing so hard that he or she does not notice that a 5-legged spider is hanging from his or her lip
:-\|	Person unsure of which long-distance company to choose
>8-O-(&)	Person just realizing that he or she has a tapeworm
;-)	Person winking
.-)	Person who can still smile despite losing an eyeball
:-0WW	Person vomiting a series of Slim Jims
:-Q	Person who just had cybersex and is now enjoying a post-coital cybercigarette
>:-Q -...	Person who was enjoying a post-coital cigarette until he suddenly noticed, to his alarm, that there is some kind of discharge dribbling from his cybermember
:-{8	Person who is unhappy with the results of her breast-enlargement surgery
:V:-\|	Person who cannot figure out why nobody wants to talk to him or her, little suspecting that there is an alligator on his or her head
~oE]:-\|	Fisherperson heading for market with a basket on his or her head containing a three-legged octopus that is giving off smell rays
>:-[ -{9	Person who is none too pleased to be giving birth to a squirrel

See Symbols.net for Emoticons and a lot more.

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/smile.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/frown.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/wink.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/glasses.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/happy.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/tongue.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/grin.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/ohwell.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/mad.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/indifferent.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/embarassed.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/sick.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/tired.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/eek.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/nerd.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/alien.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/smokin.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/pimp.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/roll.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/eyes.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/laugh.gif

http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/devil.gif

I wonder if anyone else has ever used mine >:*3 Too bad it doesn't work as well on Courier or other new fonts as it did on older computer creens which used a six-pointed asterisk.

Sheesh what a waste of bandwidth

:^{}

Emoticons? Are they the same things as Decipticons? What does Optimous Prime think of this?

The Monica Lewinsky emoticon, invented by your's truly...

Q:-O<=8

OMG, that's so BAD! You WICKED boy! Hahaha....

ROTFLMAOPIMP!!!!!

-=#:-) can I turn Democrats into toads now?

Take a look at #12. :D

Except that it needs to be bent...

Q:-O<~~8

Another Monica emoticon...

Q:-b~

Wouldn't it be:

Q:-Þ <\_/3

Hmm, it's hard to depict a crooked, um, er,.....with emoticons.

The things you learn on the Internet...

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