Emoticons have developed over the years as a replacement for facial expressions and other emotional cues lacking in text-only communication; the goal is to avoid misunderstandings due to the lack of contextual information (body language).  Things like a smiley face :) or a sad face :(, often when these are added to a conversation the meaning of a statement can change.  For example, you could tell someone "You are a Dork." and the meaning would be different then "You are a Dork. :)". You can see that the second statement was meant as a joke because the emoticon was added to the end of the statement.

 

Many emoticons have been left out of this list because we feel they are too vulgar for our users.  If you would like to read more about emoticons and their history, please visit the link below.

 

Wikipedia Entry for Emoticons

 

 

@>--;--	A rose
%-6	All Mixed Up
O:-)	Angel
0*-)	Angel wink - female
0;-)	Angel wink - male
:-{	Angry
:-Z	Angry face
:-{{	Angry Very
>:-(	Annoyed
~:o	Baby
~~\8-O	Bad-Hair Day
d:-)	Baseball
:-)	Basic
:-{0	Basic Mustache
:~-(	Bawling
:-){	Beard
(:-{~	Beard - long
: =	Beaver
%-|	Been up All Night
(:-)	Big Face
(((H)))	Big Hug
:-X	Big Wet Kiss
=|:o}	Bill Clinton smiley
(:-D	Blabber Mouth
?-(	Black Eye
(:-	Blank Expression
#-)	Blinking
:-]	Blockhead
:-!	Bored
:-}X	Bow Tie-Wearing
%-6	Brain Dead
:-(=)	Bucktoothed
:-E	Bucktoothed Vampire
:-F	Bucktoothed Vampire with One Tooth Missing
:-C	Bummed Out
:-#|	Bushy Mustache
}|{	Butterfly
})i({	Butterfly - an even prettier one
}:-X	Cat
q:-)	Catcher
C=:-)	Chef
8^	Chicken
;-(	Chin up
*b>	Christmas Tree
:-.)	Cindy Crawford
*b>	Clown
:-8(	Condescending Stare
:-S	Confused
%)	Confused
:-{	Count Dracula
H-)	Cross-Eyed
:`-(	Crying
:*(	Crying softly
?	Curly Hair
:-@!	Cursing
O-)	Cyclops
>:->	Devilish
:-e	Disappointed
%-}	Dizzy
:3-]	Dog
:-))	Double Chin
:*)	Drinking every night
:-B	Drooling out of Both Sides of Mouth
:#)	Drunk
.\/	Duck
b>	Dunce
:-6	Eating Something Spicy
(:-|	Egghead
5:-)	Elvis
:")	Embarrassed
:-}	Embarrassed Smile
0|-)	Enjoying the Sun
>:)	Evil
>-)	Evil Grin
l:-O	FlatTop Loudmouth
:-!	Foot in Mouth
=:-H	Football player
:-W	Forked Tongue
:^{=	Frank Zappa
%*@:-)	Freaking Out
/:-)	Frenchman with a beret
8)	Frog
:-b>	Frowning
):-(	Frowning Smiley with Hair
:-/	Frustrated
=:-)	Funny Hair
*:*	Fuzzy
*:*}	Fuzzy With a Mustache
~~:-(	Getting Rained On
8*)	Glasses and a Half Mustache
{:-)	Hair Parted in the Middle
}:-)	Hair Parted in the Middle Sticking up on Sides
=:-)	Hair Standing on End
:-})	Handlebar Mustache
%-)	Happy Drunk
:-'	Has a Dimple
:%)%	Has Acne
:-#	Has Braces
:(#)	Has Braces variation
:-`|	Have a Cold
|:-)	Heavy Eyebrows
/;-)	Heavy Eyebrows - Slanted
l^o	Hepcat
(_8(|)	Homer Simpson
(_8^(|)	Homer Simpson
*^_^*	Huge Dazzling Grin - it's a straight-on smiley
%*@:-(	Hungover with headache
:0	Hungry
o[-b>	I am a skater or I like to skate
?:^[]	Jim Carrey
(8 {	John Lennon
@:-}	Just Back From Hairdresser
:-T	Keeping a Straight Face
:)	Kid smiley
:-x	Kiss
:-*	Kiss on the cheek
>^,,^b>	Kitty Cat - it's a straight-on smiley
:p	Kitty with tongue hanging out
>:-l	Klingon
@(*0*)@	Koala - it's a straight-on smiley
:-D	Laughing
%OD	Laughing like crazy
(-:	Left Hand
?-:	Left Handed Tongue Touching Nose
>;->	Lewd Remark
:-9	Licking Lips
;-,	Like, Duh
:-x	Lips are Sealed
8:-)	Little Girl
%-)	Long Bangs
%+{	Lost a Fight
|-(	Lost Contact Lenses
X-(	Mad
;-(	mad look
?	Makes Me Cry
:-(*)	Makes Me Sick
:-S	Makes No Sense
@@@@:-)	Marge Simpson
#:-)	Messy Hair
8(:-)	Mickey Mouse
:)	Midget
~~:-(	Mohawk
:-{	Mustache
:-{)=	Mustache ?
:-3	Mustache (Handlebar Type)
{:-{)}	Mustache and Beard
:-#	My Lips Are Sealed
(-)	Needs Haircut
):-(	Nordic
:/)	Not Amused
8-O	Omigod!
:=)	Orangutan
8>	Penguin
:-?	Pensive
:^)	Personality
3:]	Pet Dog
:8)	Pig
:---)	Pinnochio
P-(	Pirate
3:[	Pitbull
:-b>	Pointy Mustache
}:^#)	Pointy Nosed
+b>	Pope
:-t	Pouting
:-[	Pouting variation
+:-)	Priest
;~[	Prizefighter
X:-)	Propeller Head
=:-)	Punk
=:-(	Punk Not Smiling
	Puppy dog - it's a straight-on smiley
:-r	Rasberry
(((((:-{=	Rave Dude
:-C	Real Unhappy
~:-(	Really Bummed Out
:-))	Really Happy
([(	Robocop
[:]	Robot
@};---	Rose
3:*>	Rudolph the red nose reindeer
:-(	Sad
:(	Sad Turtle
:-d	Said with a smile
:-y	Said with a Smile variation
M:-)	Saluting
*b>	Santa Claus
:->	Sarcastic
:-@	Screaming
)8-)	Scuba Diver with Hair
$__$	Sees Money
:-i	Semi-Smile
,:-)	Shaved Left Eyebrow
8-0	Shocked
+-(	Shot Between the Eyes
:-V	Shouting
:O	Singing
~:-P	Single Hair
:-/	Skeptical
':-/	Skeptical again
:-7	Skeptical variation
):-)	Smiley with Hair
:-,	Smirk
;^)	Smirking
:-i	Smoking a cig
:-?	Smoking a pipe
:-Q	Smoking while talking
~~~~8}	Snake
:-( b>	Standing Firm
=%-O	Stared at Computer Way Too Long
%-)	Staring at a Screen for 15 hours
(8-{)}	Sunglasses, Mustache, Beard
/8^{~	Sunglasses, Mustache, Goatee
:0	Surprised
`:-)	Sweating
,:-)	Sweating on the Other Side
:-0	Talkative
:-S	Talking Gibberish
?	Tearful
-(:)(0)=8	Teletubby
:-)---	Thin as a Pin
%-\	Tired
:-?	Tongue Sticking Out
:-?	Tongue Tied
:-a	Tongue Touching Nose
*!#*!^*?	Total Head Case
}(:-(	Toupee Blowing in Wind
:-)))	Triple Chin
==	Turkey
x:-/	Uncertain
=):-)	Uncle Sam
:-\	Undecided
:-|	Unfazed
|:-)	Unibrow
|:-|	Unyielding
:-[	Vampire
:-)))	Very Happy
%')	Very Tired
(:-(	Very Unhappy
:-b>	Walrus
@:-)	Wavy Hair
{(:-)	Wearing a Toupee
[:-)	Wearing a Walkman
8-)	Wearing Contacts
B-)	Wearing Glasses
:-{}	Wearing Lipstick
]-I	Wearing Sunglasses
{:-)	Wears a Toupee
:-1	Whatever
:-"	Whistling
;^?	Wigged Out
'-)	Winking
,-)	Winking Happy
;-)	Winking variation
8b>	Wizard
-=#:-) \	Wizard with Wand
:-)8 :	Woman
:~)	Wondering
,-}	Wry and Winking
:-7	Wry Face
l-O	Yawning
|^o	Yawning or Snoring variation
:-(0)	Yelling
=8-0	Yikes!
$-)	Yuppie