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What is an emoticon? [smiley]
Nov 22nd, 2003 08:18
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden --- 22 November 2003 - 05:04 pm -------------------
What is an emoticon? [smiley]
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emoticon = EMOTional ICON
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Also called a smiley.
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It is an expression of emotion typed into a message using
standard keyboard characters.
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The following examples are viewed sideways.
Tilt your head down toward your left shoulder.
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E-Mail Symbols
Smiley Meaning
%-) Dizzy from staring at screen too long!
&:-) I have curly hair
(-: I am a lefty / smile: user left handed or Australian
*:o) I am Bozo the clown
*<:-) I am Santa Claus
*<|:{)} Santa Claus!
+:-) I am a priest
,-) I have just one eye, but I am winking it
-:-( I am a punk rocker, but real punk rockers do not smile
-:-) I am a punk rocker
.-) I have just one eye,
3:[ I am your pet, but I growl
3:] I am your pet
8-) smile: I wear glasses
8:-) My glasses are on my forehead / I have a bow in my hair
:'-( I am crying
:'-) I am so happy, I am crying
:) smile: original smiley face / I am a midget
:*) smile: red nosed smile, suggesting inebriation / I am drunk
:-# I wear braces
:-$ My mouth is wired shut
:-& I am tongue-tied
:-( I am frowning
:-) I am smiling
:-)-8 I have big breasts
:-)~ I am drooling
:-* My lips pucker for a kiss or pickle
:-/ I am skeptical
:-7 I am smirking at my own wry comment
:-8 I talk from both sides of my mouth
:-9 I am licking my lips
:-< I am real sad
:-> I have a devilish grin
:-? I smoke a pipe
:-@ I am screaming
:-B I have buck teeth
:-C I am really bummed out!
:-D I am laughing
:-D smile: big smile
:-I I am grim
:-O mouth open in amazement / I am shouting really loud
:-P I am being tongue-in-cheek
:-Q tongue hanging out in nausea
:-[ I am a vampire
:-c I am bummed out
:-o I am shouting
:-p I am sticking my tongue out at you
:-x My lips are sealed
:-{) smile: user has moustache / I have a mustache
:-{)} moustache and beard
:-{} I wear lipstick
:-} I have a beard
:-~) My nose runs
:/i No smoking!
:^) My nose is broken
:o) smile: red nosed smile, suggesting inebriation
:~I I am smoking
:~j I am smoking and smiling
;-) I am winking
<):-) I am a fireman
<:I I am a dunce
=:-) I am a hosehead
=|:-)= I am Uncle Sam
>;-> I am being devilish, and lewdly winking
?-) I have a black eye
@:-) I have wavy hair
@:{)=== sikh with turban and long beard
B-) I wear cool shades, man
B:-) My sunglasses are on my forehead
C=:-) I am a chef
E-:-) I am a ham radio operator
O-) I am a scuba diver
O:-) I am an angel
P-) I am a pirate
X-( I just died
[:-) I am wearing a Walkman
[:] I am a robot
g-) I wear pince-nez glasses
{:-) I wear a toupee
|-O I am yawning
|^O I am snoring
}:-) I wear a toupee, but the wind is blowing it off
}:-> I am being devilish
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Book: see also:
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For an extensive list of more than 650
emoticons, read "Smileys" by David Sanderson,
published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., ISBN 1-
56592-041-4.
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Internet: see also:
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Windows XP From A to Z
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
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