L530

Computer Assisted Language Learning


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

  Text Meaning

:-)

smile

 

|:-|

excessively rigid

(-:

left-handed smile

 

:-]

obnoxious

:o)

smile with a large nose (or clown smiley)

 

|-)

bored (or asleep)

:)

smile with no nose

 

|-I

asleep

:->

smirk (or wry smile)

 

I^o

snoring

:-}

wry smile (or leer)

 

|-O

yawning

:-t

unsmiley

 

:-"

whistling (or pursing lips)

:*)

just clowning around (or inebriated)

 

:-s

incoherent statement

:-))))

extreme happiness (or sarcastic happiness)

 

:-#

just said the wrong thing (or braces)

:-D

very happy (or laughing)

 

:-!

foot in mouth

(-D

laughing hard

 

:-() or :-D

big mouth

:-) :-) :-)

loud guffaw

 

(:-$ or :-(*)

ill

:'-)

laughing and crying

 

(:~) or :-')

ill with a cold

%-)

amused (and possibly confused)

 

:-R

ill with the flu

:-/

chagrined (or skeptical)

 

%+| or %+{

lost a fight

:-I

indifferent

 

X-(

unconscious (or dead)

:~)

touched (or ill with a cold)

 

<:-)

dunce

(:-(

sad (or bald and sad)

 

*:o)

bozo

:-(

frown (or unhappy)

 

@;-)

flirt

:-c

very unhappy

 

X:-)

child

:-((((

extremely unhappy (or sarcastic unhappiness)

 

:>)

big nose

:-<

forlorn

 

&:-)

curly hair (or girl smiley)

>:-(

annoyed

 

#:-)

matted hair

:-[

pouting

 

8-)

wearing glasses

(:-& or %-(

angry

 

8:-)

glasses on forehead (or little girl, or hair in curlers)

>:-<

very angry

 

B-)

wearing horn-rimmed glasses (or sunglasses)

~ :-(

very angry (or fuming mad)

 

B-]

wearing cool sunglasses

%-( or :/)

not amused

 

O:-)

angel

:-|

expressionless

 

&8-|

nerd

:-| or :-(

have an ordinary day

 

c:-) or (:-)

bald

:-e

disappointed

 

:-{

has a moustache

:-X

lips are sealed (or not saying a word)

 

:-)} or :-)#

has a beard

:-v

talking

 

:-Q or :-I

smoker

:-I

hmmm

 

:-d~

heavy smoker

:-8(

condescending stare

 

:-?

pipe smoker

:-O

shouting (or shocked)

 

:-/I

no smoking

:-@

screaming

 

:-) X

wearing a bow tie

:,-( or :'-(

crying

 

{(:-)

wearing a toupee

~:-o

baby

 

:-{}

lipstick

]:-)>

devilish

 

[:-)

stereo headphones

):-)

impish

 

d :-o

hats off

;->

lewd

 

~:-(

has been flamed (or is on fire)

:-x

kiss

 

~~:-(

has been flamed repeatedly

:-*

ready for a kiss (or just ate something sour)

 

)

Chesire cat

8-]

wow

 

(:-I

egghead

:-J

tongue-in-cheek

 

3:-o

cow

:-&

tongue-tied (or biting tongue)

 

[: |]

robot

:-p

no way! (or nyah nyah)

 

M-)

see no evil

;-)

wink

 

:X)

hear no evil

'-)

one-eyed wink

 

:-M

speak no evil

:-7

wry statement (or tongue-in-cheek)

 

*8((:

strange

:-| :-|

déjà vu

 

O+

female

?-(

sorry, I don't know what went wrong (or black eye)

 

O->

male

:-C

that's unbelievable! (or incredible!)

 

||*(

handshake offered

B-D

serves you right

 

||*)

handshake accepted

:-B

drooling

 

<{:-)}

message in a bottle

:-*)

drunk

 

(-: :-)

putting heads together

:-9

licking lips

 

[] or ()

hug given (name or initials can be included between the brackets)

|-p

yuck!

 

((( )))

lots of hugs

:-b

sticking out tongue

 

((( ))):**

hugs and kisses

-]:-)[-

impressed

 

(::()::)

Band-Aid (or comfort)

8-I or 8-|

in suspense

 

@->-

a rose

     

@==

atomic bomb

     

<')))))- <

a fish

     

^

giggles