Emoticons and Smileys

E-mail
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E-mail etiquette - and "netiquette" for non-profits, NGOs and SMBs
E-mail and IT abbreviations
Filtering incoming E-mail - typical "list" usage
AOL E-mail problems
Some of the more common ones...
:-) Standard smiley face - everyone is happy - variations :-} and :=}
:-( Sad face - variations :-{ and :={
;-) Winky face - expressing a flirtatious or sarcastic remark.
:-> Sarcastic comment - more powerful than :-) or ;-)
>:-) Grinning devil - more powerful than :->.
>;-> Winking devil - strongest of them all.
O:-) User is angelic/just made a sweet and innocent remark.
:-O Yelling or shocked.
:-I Indifferent
:^) Profile smiley.
=) Variation on a classic.
#-) What a night!/has been staring at a computer screen for 5 hours straight
:-$ Put your money where your mouth is!
:-@ Screaming/swearing/about to hurl
:*) Drunk
:-# or :-X An emoticon of many meanings - often my lips are sealed
8-) or B-) or ::-) Wearing glasses
B:-) Wearing glasses on head
R-) Broken glasses
(:-) Bald/wearing a bike helmet
:-{} Wears lipstick
{:-{) Has a moustache and a toupee
@:-) Wears a turban
$-) Yuppie/just won a large sum of money
:-y Said with a smile
:'-( or :~-( Crying
:-Q or :-! Smoker
%-/ Hangover
|-O Bored/yawn
=:-) Hosehead/punk
:-D Big mouth/grinning
:+) Big nose
[:-) Walkman
;^) Smirking
(:-D Blabbermouth
:-& Tongue tied
:-S Just made a statement that didn't make sense
:-/ Skeptical
:-C Very, very sad
%-/ braindead
<:-| Dunce/just made a stupid statement
:@ or :{ What?
@>-->-- A rose
<*}}}> Dead fish

Revised
9 January, 2000