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Smileys
by Tuncer Deniz

If you’re a newcomer to modems, electronic mail, and on-line chat, you might think people are talking a weird language. What is all this gibberish? Expressions like BTW, ;-), and <g> are used to convey a tone of voice, facial expression, or gesture. It comes in handy when you don’t want to offend someone, or let them know you are just kidding. For example, by saying, “You idiot,” that expression might be taken seriously by someone when you actually mean it to be a sarcastic remark. By using a ;-) or  <g> instead at the end, you are telling the other person that your remark is just poking fun at him/her. 

You can also capitalize your words to give them more emphasis. For example, you might say something like, “What, are you KIDDING?.” But beware, using capitalized words repetitively is considered shouting.

Here are some of the more common smileys I’ve come across and that people have told me about. See you on-line :-). 

Shorthand for commonly used expressions

BTW
   By The Way
IMHO
  In My Humble Opinion
ROTFL  Rolling On The Floor Laughing
GMTA    Great Mind Think Alike
LOL       Laughing Out Loud
RSN      Real Soon Now
JIC       Just In Case
OIC        Oh, I See!
<g>        Grin

Common smileys

:-)   Smile
;-)   Wink
 :-(  Frown
:-I    Indifferent
:->    Biting sarcastic smile
>:->  Devilish remark.
:-o    Oh!
:-c    Real unhappy
:-x    Kiss
:-D    Laughing
: ' (    Crying
O :-)  Angel

People smileys

=:-)
   Bart Simpson
C|:-=
  Charlie Chaplin
+-:-)   Pope 
=|:-)=
Abe Lincoln
*<:-)
  Santa Claus
:-O
      Mr. Bill
*:o)
    Bozo
:-O
     Mick Jagger
/:-|
    Mr. Spock
%-)
   Elephant man
:--)
   Clinger from M*A*S*H
|:['
      Groucho Marx
P-)
    Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes)
=|:-)## Uncle Sam
&:-]      Superman
>:-       Count Dracula
%\v
     Picasso
C=:-)
   Chef Boyardi

Other not so common smileys

:-r    Sticking tongue out
8-)   Wearing sunglasses
B:-)  Sunglasses on head
:-)  Wears a toupee
:-(  Toupee in an updraft
:-)  Has a mustache
:-  Wears lipstick
:-\
  Undecided smiley
:-[    Is a Vampire
:-E    Bucktoothed vampire
:-F    Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing
:<)    Is from an Ivy League School
:-&
 Tounge-tied
|-I
  Sleeping
:-Q    Is a smoker
:-?    Smokes a pipe
@:-) Is wearing a turban
0-)
 Scuba diver
:-))
Double chin
:-'
   Another Smoker
:-"
  Heavy smoker
:*)    Is drunk
:@)   Is a pig
:-#   Wears braces
`:-)   Shaved one eyebrow off
@=     Is pro-nuclear
[:-)   Is wearing a walkman
<:-I    A dunce
8-)
  Swimmer
:-x
   Lips are sealed