Also known as "smileys" although some of them are not
smiling! Created with punctuation marks and intended to be viewed
'sideways' to represent little faces. People have invented dozens
of the things, but we suggest you keep your enthusiasm under control
and limit yourselves to the following commonly understood emoticons.
:-) or :)
Happy > add this to signify you made a joke
:-D Really happy
;-) or ;)
Winking - Sarcasm > add this to signify you don't really mean what
you just wrote
:-( or :(
Unhappy > express your dislike of whatever you just wrote about
:-| Resigned > if you're not
sure how to react to something, this might do it
:-/ Similar to the "Resigned"
sign; perplexed(?)
:-\ I'm undecided
8-# I'm dead
There are also a few "non-smileys".
<G> Grin
<BG> Big Grin
<EG> Evil Grin
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