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 in many cases are automatically replaced with small corresponding images, which was called “Emoticons.” Similarly, using versions of Microsoft Word, the Auto Correct feature replaces basic smileys for instance 
and 
having a single smiley-like character. Originally, these image emoticons were fairly basic and replaced merely the easiest and common character sequences, but as time passes they became so complex that this more specialized emoticons tend to be input utilizing a menu or popup windows, sometimes listing a huge selection of items. Emoticons have expanded beyond simple cartoon facial expressions to various still or moving images. Many of these graphical emoticons usually do not actually represent faces or emotions; as an example , an “emoticon” showing a guitar is likely to be accustomed 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 using a graphical emoticon. As an example ,:dance: or (dance) could be replaced which has a graphical dancing emoticon. The first web forum software package to perform this transformation was Proxicom Forum, developed in 1996.
An August 2004 issue on the Risks Digest (comp.risks on USENET) brought up problems with such features that are not under the sender’s control:
It’s hard to learn in advance what character-strings might be parsed into what kind of unintended image. A colleague was discussing his 401(k) plan with his boss, who happens to be female, via instant messaging. He discovered, to his horror, how the boss’s instant-messaging client was rendering the “(k)” like a big set of red smoochy lips.
Many sites use GIF or PNG graphic files, because of their transparency and small file size capabilities. Files can be created by using a raster graphics editor. Many emoticon artists design their emoticons pixel by pixel. Some emoticons are manufactured in vector format, like SVG, and automatically processed utilizing a graphics library. This enables SVG files for being automatically rendered like a GIF or PNG file, which is appropriate for most browsers, which SVG just isn’t .
