(EMOTional ICON) Also called a "smiley" or "smiley face," it is an expression of emotion typed into a message using standard keyboard characters. The following examples are viewed sideways. Tilt your head down toward your left shoulder. IBM researcher Scott Fahlman is credited with typing the first smiley face in an online message on September 19, 1982. See emotag and alphanumerish.
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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Smiley Meaning
:-) smile
:-( frown
;-) wink
:-D big smile
:-O mouth open in amazement
:-Q tongue hanging out in nausea
:-{) smile (user has moustache)
:-{)} moustache and beard
8-) smile (user wears glasses)
(-: smile (user left handed or Australian)
:*) red nosed smile, suggesting inebriation
*<|:{)} Santa Claus!
@:{)=== sikh with turban and long beard
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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