A symbol to compensate for the absence of nonverbal clues when communicating on the Internet. For example <g> signifies a "grin", :} or :-} a "smile", when inserted in the text of an e-mail message and alerts the reader not to take it seriously.
:-) Basic smiley :^) Smiley with a personality
:) Midget smiley <:-l Dunce smiley
,-) Winking happy smiley :=) Orangutan smiley
(-: Left hand smiley >:-> Devilish smiley
(:-) Smiley big face >:-l Klingon smiley
(:-( Very unhappy smiley @:-) Smiley wearing a turban
,-} Wry and winking smiley @:-} Smiley just back from the hairdresser
8-O Omigod C=:-) Chef smiley
'-) Winking smiley X:-) Little kid with a propeller beanie
:-# My lips are sealed [:-) Smiley wearing a walkman
:-* Kiss [:] Robot smiley
:-/ Skeptical smiley {:-) Smiley wears a toupee
:-> Sarcastic smiley l^o Hepcat smiley
:-@ Screaming smiley }:^#) Pointy nosed smiley
:-d Said with a smile :-(=) Bucktooth smiley
:-V Shouting smiley O-) Message from cyclops
:-X A big wet kiss :-3 Handlebar mustache smiley
:-\ Undecided smiley : = Beaver smiley
:-] Smiley blockhead :-" Whistling smiley
;-( Crying smiley P-( Pirate smiley
>;-> A very lewd remark was just made
;^) Smirking smiley ?-( Black eye
%-) Smiley after staring at a screen for 15 hours straight
):-( Nordic smiley d:-) Baseball smiley
3:] Lucy my pet dog smiley :8) Pigishsmiley
:-& Tongue tied :-7 Smirking smiley
8:-) Little girl smiley ):-) Impish smiley
:-)8< Big girl smiley :/\) Extremely bignosed smiley
:-0 Talkaktive smiley 8(:-) Mickey Mouse
:-6 Smiley after eating something spicy
+:-) Priest smiley ([( Robocop
O:-) Angel smiley :-(*) That comment made me sick
:-< Walrus smiley &-l That made me cry
:-? Smiley smokes a pipe :-e Disappointed smiley
:-E Bucktoothed vampire :( Sad-turtle smiley
:-F Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing
:-Q Smoking smiley :,( Crying smiley
:-}X Bow tie-wearing smiley :-P Nyahhhh!
:-[ Vampire smiley :-S What you say make no sense
:-a Smiley touching her tongue to her nose
:-{ Mustache :-C Real unhappy smiley
:-{} Smiley waers lipstick :-r Smiley raspberry
:-t Pouting smiley :-W Speak with forked tongue
X-( You are brain dead l-O Smiley is yawing
l:-O Flattop loudmouth smiley $-) Yuppie smiley
:-! Foot in mouth :---) You lie like pinnochio
O-) Smiley after smoking a banana
=:-) Smiley is a punk =:-( Real punk never smiles
3:[ Pitbull smiley 8<:-) Smiley is a wizard
:#) Drunk smiley 8-# Dead smiley
B-) Smiley wears glasses |-( Smiley lost his contact lenses
8-) Smiley with big eye... perhaps wearing contact lenses...
H-) Cross-eyed smiley
]-I Smiley wearing sunglasses (cool, therefore no smile, only a smark!)
V^J Smiley with glasses, seen from the left side (tip head on right to see)
+-( Smiley, shot between the eyes
~:-P Smiley with one single hair
BI A frog