emoticon & smileys
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Happy |  |
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On the phone |
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Sad |  |
:-c | Call me |
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Winking |  |
~X( | At wits’ end |
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Big grin |  |
:-h | Wave |
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;;) | Batting eyelashes |  |
:-t | Time out |
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>:D< | Big hug |  |
8-> | Daydreaming |
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:-/ | Confused |  |
I-) | Sleepy |
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Love struck |  |
8-| | Rolling eyes |
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:”> | Blushing |  |
L-) | Loser |
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:-O | Surprise |  |
:O) | Clown |
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X( | Angry |  |
8-} | Silly |
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:> | Smug |  |
<:-P | Party |
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B-) | Cool |  |
(:| | Yawn |
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:-S | Worried |  |
=P~ | Drooling |
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#:-S | Whew! |  |
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Thinking |
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>:) | Devil |  |
#-o | D’oh |
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Crying |  |
=D> | applause |
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Laughing |  |
:-SS | Nailbiting |
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=)) | Rolling on the floor |  |
:-w | Waiting |
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=(( | Broken heart |  |
[-( | Not talking |
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O:-) | Angel |  |
:-< | Sigh |
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:-* | Kiss |  |
:-$ | Don’t tell anyone |
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:-B | Nerd |  |
>:P | Phbbbbt |
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=; | Talk to the hand |  |
<):) | Cowboy |
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:^o | Liar |  |
3:-O | Cow |
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/:) | Raised eyebrow |  |
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Monkey |
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(~~) | Pumpkin |  |
:@) | Pig |
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Tongue |  |
:-& | Sick |
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Straight face |  |
@-) | Hypnotized |
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*-:) | Light bulb |  |
~:> | Chicken |
In web forums, instant messengers and online flash games , text emoticons tend to be automatically replaced with small corresponding images, which was called “Emoticons.” Similarly, in some versions of Microsoft Word, the Auto Correct feature replaces basic smileys such as 
and 
with a single smiley-like character. Originally, these image emoticons were fairly basic and replaced only the most basic and common character sequences, but with time they became so complex the more specialized emoticons tend to be input using a menu or popup windows, sometimes listing a huge selection of items. Emoticons have expanded beyond simple cartoon facial expressions to a number of still or moving images. Many of these graphical emoticons tend not to actually represent faces or emotions; for instance , an “emoticon” showing a guitar could be used to represent music. Further, some instant messaging software is made to play a sound upon receiving certain emoticons.
Many applications use text codes, which become replaced with a graphical emoticon. For instance ,:dance: or (dance) could possibly be replaced having a graphical dancing emoticon. The 1st web forum software package to perform this transformation was Proxicom Forum, developed in 1996.
An August 2004 issue with the Risks Digest (comp.risks on USENET) pointed out a problem with such features that happen to be not under the sender’s control:
It’s hard to find out earlier what character-strings is going to be parsed into which kind of unintended image. A colleague was discussing his 401(k) plan with his boss, who is actually female, via instant messaging. He discovered, to his horror, the boss’s instant-messaging client was rendering the “(k)” like a big pair of red smoochy lips.
Many sites use GIF or PNG graphic files, as a consequence of their transparency and small file size capabilities. Files may be created by using a raster graphics editor. Many emoticon artists design their emoticons pixel by pixel. Some emoticons are made in vector format, such as SVG, and automatically processed using a graphics library. This gives SVG files for being automatically rendered like a GIF or PNG file, which can be best with most browsers, which SVG just isn’t .
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