Emoticons, or smileys, are symbols used to express emotions or convey facial expressions. Use them in your email, newsgroup messages, or in chat groups.

Create emoticons with your computer keyboard keys. A simple smiley is made of a colon and a right parenthesis. To read emoticons, tilt your head to the left.

:)	a smile, happy
:-)	a smiley with a nose (nose dash optional in any emoticon)
;)	a wink
:(	a frown
:-<	very sad
:->	devious smile
>:-(	mad or annoyed
:-c	bummed out, pouting
:-|	grim
:-/	skeptical
:-o	shouting
:-O	shouting loudly
:-D	laughing
:-p	sticking out tongue
:-&	tongue-tied
:-*	puckering for a kiss
:-x	my lips are sealed
|-o	yawning
|^o	snoring
|-1	alseep
:-()	big mouth
:-)~~~	drooling
:~(	crying
8-)	wearing glasses
B-)	wearing cool shades
%-)	I've been staring at this screen too long
:-{)	I have a mustache
{(:-)	wearing a toupée
=|:-)	wearing a top hat
0:-)	an angel
xxooxxoo	love, or hugs and kisses