Smileys
Smileys (also called emoticons) are a way of
trying to convey the little emotional touches in your written
communications on the Internet that you get from people's facial
expressions in face-to-face conversations.
:-) |
Your basic Smiley -- colon, dash, right paren |
;-) |
Winky -- semi-colon, dash, right paren |
'-) |
Alternate Winky -- single quote, dash, right paren |
:-( |
Frowny -- colon, dash, left paren |
:-c |
Down in the Mouth -- colon, dash, lowercase "c" |
:-> |
Happy -- colon, dash, right angle bracket |
;-> |
Winky & Happy, equivalent of a lewd remark -- semi-colon, dash, right angle bracket |
:-| |
Blah -- colon, dash, vertical line |
<:-o |
Eeek -- left angle bracket, colon, dash, lowercase "o" |
:-x |
Kisses -- colon, dash, lowercase "x" |
8-) |
Wide-eyed Look -- number "8", dash, right paren |
:-! |
Bronx Cheer -- colon, dash, exclamation point |
^5 |
High Five -- shift and number "6", then number "5" (not really a smiley, but a quick way to add a note of excitement, just like a high five in the physical world) |