In many online media, including email and news group postings, you will find messages containing smileys, such as :-) and acronyms such TIA. There are so many of them around now that you may not know what they all mean. This page contains a list of the most common smileys. For Acronyms click here.
Smileys
| -|| | Angry | :-D | Laughing out loud |
| :-) | Basic happy | :-} | Leering |
| :-( | Basic sad | (-: | Left-handed |
| (:-) | Bald | :-9 | Licking lips |
| :-)> | Bearded | :- | | Monkey |
| %+( | Beaten up | (-) | Needs haircut |
| R^) | Broken glasses | :8) | Pig |
| :^) | Broken nose | =:-) | Punk |
| |:-) | Bushy eyebrows | O:-) | Saint |
| X-) | Cross-eyed | :-@ | Screaming |
| :-e | Disappointed | :-O | Shocked |
| :-)' | Drooling | :-V | Shouting |
| {: | V Duck | |-) | Sleeping |
| >:-) | Evil grin | :-p | Tongue-in-cheek |
| :'''-( | Floods of tears | :-&t | Tongue-tied |
| 8) | Frog | :-/ | Undecided |
| 8:) | Gorilla | :-[ | Vampire |
| :-') | Gas a cold | :-)) | Very happy |
| :-| | Hmmmph! | :-(( | Very sad |
| :-C | Jaw hitting the floor | :-(#) | Wears teeth braces |
| .-) | Keeping an eye out | ;-) | Winking |
| :-# | Kiss | |-O | Yawning |
| :+) | Large nose |