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Emoticons
Emoticons are used to show emotion in text-based discussions. We can't "see" or "hear" one another in these online mediums, so emoticons fill that gap.
Text |
Meaning |
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Text |
Meaning |
:-) |
smile |
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|:-| |
excessively rigid |
(-: |
left-handed smile |
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:-] |
obnoxious |
:o) |
smile with a large nose (or clown smiley) |
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|-) |
bored (or asleep) |
:) |
smile with no nose |
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|-I |
asleep |
:-> |
smirk (or wry smile) |
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I^o |
snoring |
:-} |
wry smile (or leer) |
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|-O |
yawning |
:-t |
unsmiley |
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:-" |
whistling (or pursing lips) |
:*) |
just clowning around (or inebriated) |
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:-s |
incoherent statement |
:-)))) |
extreme happiness (or sarcastic happiness) |
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:-# |
just said the wrong thing (or braces) |
:-D |
very happy (or laughing) |
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:-! |
foot in mouth |
(-D |
laughing hard |
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:-() or :-D |
big mouth |
:-) :-) :-) |
loud guffaw |
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(:-$ or :-(*) |
ill |
:'-) |
laughing and crying |
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(:~) or :-') |
ill with a cold |
%-) |
amused (and possibly confused) |
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:-R |
ill with the flu |
:-/ |
chagrined (or skeptical) |
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%+| or %+{ |
lost a fight |
:-I |
indifferent |
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X-( |
unconscious (or dead) |
:~) |
touched (or ill with a cold) |
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<:-) |
dunce |
(:-( |
sad (or bald and sad) |
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*:o) |
bozo |
:-( |
frown (or unhappy) |
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@;-) |
flirt |
:-c |
very unhappy |
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X:-) |
child |
:-(((( |
extremely unhappy (or sarcastic unhappiness) |
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:>) |
big nose |
:-< |
forlorn |
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&:-) |
curly hair (or girl smiley) |
>:-( |
annoyed |
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#:-) |
matted hair |
:-[ |
pouting |
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8-) |
wearing glasses |
(:-& or %-( |
angry |
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8:-) |
glasses on forehead (or little girl, or hair in curlers) |
>:-< |
very angry |
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B-) |
wearing horn-rimmed glasses (or sunglasses) |
~ :-( |
very angry (or fuming mad) |
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B-] |
wearing cool sunglasses |
%-( or :/) |
not amused |
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O:-) |
angel |
:-| |
expressionless |
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&8-| |
nerd |
:-| or :-( |
have an ordinary day |
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c:-) or (:-) |
bald |
:-e |
disappointed |
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:-{ |
has a moustache |
:-X |
lips are sealed (or not saying a word) |
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:-)} or :-)# |
has a beard |
:-v |
talking |
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:-Q or :-I |
smoker |
:-I |
hmmm |
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:-d~ |
heavy smoker |
:-8( |
condescending stare |
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:-? |
pipe smoker |
:-O |
shouting (or shocked) |
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:-/I |
no smoking |
:-@ |
screaming |
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:-) X |
wearing a bow tie |
:,-( or :'-( |
crying |
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{(:-) |
wearing a toupee |
~:-o |
baby |
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:-{} |
lipstick |
]:-)> |
devilish |
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[:-) |
stereo headphones |
):-) |
impish |
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d :-o |
hats off |
;-> |
lewd |
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~:-( |
has been flamed (or is on fire) |
:-x |
kiss |
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~~:-( |
has been flamed repeatedly |
:-* |
ready for a kiss (or just ate something sour) |
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) |
Chesire cat |
8-] |
wow |
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(:-I |
egghead |
:-J |
tongue-in-cheek |
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3:-o |
cow |
:-& |
tongue-tied (or biting tongue) |
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[: |] |
robot |
:-p |
no way! (or nyah nyah) |
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M-) |
see no evil |
;-) |
wink |
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:X) |
hear no evil |
'-) |
one-eyed wink |
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:-M |
speak no evil |
:-7 |
wry statement (or tongue-in-cheek) |
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*8((: |
strange |
:-| :-| |
déjà vu |
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O+ |
female |
?-( |
sorry, I don't know what went wrong (or black eye) |
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O-> |
male |
:-C |
that's unbelievable! (or incredible!) |
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||*( |
handshake offered |
B-D |
serves you right |
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||*) |
handshake accepted |
:-B |
drooling |
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<{:-)} |
message in a bottle |
:-*) |
drunk |
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(-: :-) |
putting heads together |
:-9 |
licking lips |
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[] or () |
hug given (name or initials can be included between the brackets) |
|-p |
yuck! |
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((( ))) |
lots of hugs |
:-b |
sticking out tongue |
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((( ))):** |
hugs and kisses |
-]:-)[- |
impressed |
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(::()::) |
Band-Aid (or comfort) |
8-I or 8-| |
in suspense |
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@->- |
a rose |
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@== |
atomic bomb |
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<')))))- < |
a fish |
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^ |
giggles |
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