Emoticon Edit Meaning

1.

An emoticon, sometimes called a smiley, is a sequence of printable characters such as :) or ^_^, that is intended to represent a human facial expression and convey an emotion. Use in internet forums and instant-messaging.

emoticons:

:) smile

:( frown

;) wink

:P or : tongue sticking out: joke, sarcasm or disgusting

8) has sunglasses: looking cool

:O surprised

:S confused

:'( shedding a tear

XD laughing, eyes shut (LOL)

XP Tongue out, eyes shut

^_^ smiley

^.^ see above, but rather than a wide, closed mouth, a small mouth is present

^_~ wink

>_< angry, frustrated

=_= bored

-_- annoyed

-_-' or ^_^' or ^_^;; nervousness, sweatdrop or embarrassed.

¬_¬ or <_< "yeah, right...", looking around suspiciously

;_; crying

o_O Confused

O_O Shocked

O_< Flinch, wink, twiching

._. intimidated, sad, ashamed

$_$ Money Eyes; Thinking about Money

x_x Dead or Knocked Out

9_9 Eye Rolling

*_* Star-Struck

t(-_-t) or ,|,,(-_-),,|, Flipping off

=^_^= blushing, or a cat face

u.u duh, sarcastic "what do you think?" face

m/>_<m/ Rockin' out

ect.

See emoticons, smiley, aim, chat

2.

The antithesis of intelligent writing.

OMG XD lol ;) i <3 emoticons :P

See stupidity, emote, emoticon, Aristophanes

3.

A simple text depiction of what one's face would look like if an online conversation were taking place in person.

1. I'm happy! :)

2. I'm unhappy! :(

3. You're silly! :P

See PJC

4.

A means of expressing emotion via Internet chat rooms and private messages.

(Note: Do not use emoticons unironically, unless you're speaking to someone who doesn't understand your language.)

:) happy

:( unhappy

:D overjoyed

:C profoundly unhappy

(^-^) ecstatic anime fan

5.

Emotion Icon.

A smiley face used to show emotion. Doesn't necessarily have to be a face, as MSN Messenger uses other things as well.

The best emoticons are on DeviantArt.

:D - Very Happy

:) - Happy

:( - Sad

:P - Sticking tongue out

and my favorite...

^o) - MSN's raised eyebrow emoticon... (the "what the crap?" look)

See smiley, messenger, face, aim, msn, yahoo

6.

a symbol made from punctuation marks, used to denote emotion

Why do you need to use emoticons? Don't you know that we can tell you a thinking by what you write?

See 8-|, ^_^, o_o

7.

The art of conning, or using conned smiles

We ran out of smiles so we used Emoticons.

See emoticons, emotions, cons, conning, Emoticonning