What do you call these : ) : ( ?!
Question: Emoticans is the proper term. I call them smilies. :-D
Answers: Emoticans is the proper term. I call them smilies. :-D
emoticons.
Happy/sad faces....
emoticons
emoticons??
emoticons
Emotions or Smilies.
emoticons?? I think.
smiley faces
emoticons :P
:}
smiley faces! and sad faces!
Smilies
I call them smileys, but they are really called emoticons.
:D
a happy fece and a sad face thats what it looks like to me.
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Those are smileys/emotions that you use when your talkin to someone online instead of using the actual smiley.
:) are happy faces
:( are sad faces
Emoticons - Smiley face and sad face.
They are used in non-formal electronic communications. Emoticons humorously emphasize the composers feeling to the reader.
They are called emoticons, here is the definition:
moticon
- An emoticon is a short sequence of keyboard letters and symbols, usually emulating a facial expression, that complements a text message. An abbreviation itself (of emotion icon), the term is sometimes referred to by the name of the original emoticon, the smiley.
Mike Jones, who works in the systems and networking research group at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, has determined that the first smiley was posted on September 19, 1982.
One of our contributors says that to read these you can either tilt your head or turn the monitor on its side.
:-) Smile
;-) Smile with a wink
:<}) User with mustache, smiling
:-|| Mad
:-( Sad
:' -( Crying
:~ Also crying
:-)) Really happy
:-D Big grin
:-* A kiss
:-P~ A lick
:-o Wow! or I'm surprised
:-| Grim
:-P Sticking out your tongue
:- User happens to be Popeye
:-/ Perplexed
=:O Frightened (hair standing on end)
=8O Bug-eyed with fright
:-} Embarassed smile
:-)<>>>>> Basic Smiley with a necktie
;-^) Tongue in cheek
%*@:-( Hung over
:-~~~ Drooling
>:) Perplexed look
.) Keeping an eye out for you
8:-) Glasses on forehead
8:[ Normal smiling face of a gorilla
0:-) Angel
]:-|[ Robot
(:V) Duck
3:-o Cow
:-] Vampire
(_8-(|) Homer Simpson
C|:-= Charlie Chaplin
=|:-)= Abe Lincoln
*<:-) Santa Claus
-:-) User sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
(:)-) Scuba diver
:-'| User has a cold
:-{} User with heavy lipstick
:-)8 User is well dressed
>:-< Mad
*#:-) Scotsman wearing his Scottish tam
%-^ User is another Picasso
#-) User partied all night
<:I Dunce
:-| "Have an ordinary day!" Smiley
:}{: Kisses (stolen from June bug)
oooo(0) (0)oooo Toes
(-_-) Secret smile
#.-o "Oh, nooooooo Mr. Bill!!!"
12x @>--->--- A dozen roses
The Japanese have worked out another set of emoticons that fits the nuances of Japanese culture. See Japanese emoticons.
Faces.