Emoticon
Alternatively referred to as a smiley face or smiles, an emoticon is a method of showing an emotion on the Internet and text-based communication such as e-mail, chat, and SMS. Emoticons are letters or symbols used on the keyboard that represent how you're feeling, for example, :-) when your head is turned to the left represents a smiley. The smiley face is often credited as being first suggested by Professor Scott Fahlman on a bulletin board September 19, 1982 when be made the below post.
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-)
From: Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman
at Cmu-20c>
I propose that the following character sequence for joke
markers:
:-)
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more
economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this,
use
:-(
Below is a listing of some of the more commonly used emoticons and a description of what they represent.
| :) | Smile | (: | Smile |
| :D | Smile | =D | Smile |
| :-) | Smile | =) | Smile |
| =-) | Smile | :> | Smile |
| 8) | Smile | !) | Wink |
| XD | Laughing smile | !-) | Wink |
| ;) | Wink | 8( | Sad |
| ;-) | Wink | ): | Sad |
| :( | Sad | =( | Sad |
| :-( | Sad | :P | Face with tongue out. |
| :-| | Indifferent | :-P | Face with tongue out. |
| :-> | Sarcastic | q: | Face with tongue out. |
| >:-> | Devilish | >:) | Devilish |
| :-o | Surprised | >=) | Devilish |
| :-S | Incoherent | :-$ | Incoherent |
| :8) | Pig | :P~ | Face with tongue out. |
| :=8) | Baboon | <:-L | Dunce |
| 7:>) | Ronald Reagan | C=:-) | Chef |
| 0-) | Cyclopes | P-( | Pirate |
| %-) | Dazed | :-X | Big wet kiss |
| :-* | Kiss | :-# | Lips are sealed |
| :-& | Tongue Tied | :-(*) | Sick |
| :-)X | Person with bow tie. | :---) | Pinocchio |
| H-) | Cross Eyed | ]-) | Smile with sunglasses |
| V^) | Smile with sunglasses shown from one side. | BI | Frog |
| =:-( | Punk | :-! | Foot in mouth |
| :#) | Drunk Smile | $-) | Yuppie Smile |
| |:-) | Smile with flat top | 8-) | Big eyed Smile |
| :-E | Vampire | :`( | Crying smile |
| d:-) | Smile with baseball cap | X:-) | Brain dead Smile |
| :-C | Really unhappy smile | 8(:-) | Mickey mouse |
| (-0-) | Imperial Tie Fighter from "Star Wars" | m(__)m | Bow |
| <3 | Heart (I love you). | </3 | Broken Heart |
| T_T | Crying | T-T | Crying |
Also see: Chat definitions