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Recommended Emoticons
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For AIM, AOL, MSN, Yahoo and Others

happy, smiling, laughing                feeling stupid, tired
affirming, supporting
                        teasing, mischievous
unhappy, sad                                     hugs and kisses
angry, sarcastic                                 miscellaneous
trying to communicate                     NEW emoticons
surprised, incredulous, skeptical




HAPPY, SMILING, LAUGHING
  :-)     smiling; agreeing                  
  :-D    laughing                                   
  |-)      hee hee                                
  |-D    ho ho                                    
  :->     hey hey    
  ;-)      so happy, I'm crying
  :'-)     crying with joy
  \~/     full glass; my glass is full     
    

TEASING, MISCHIEVOUS
  ;-)      winking; just kidding     
  '-)       winking; just kidding
  ;->     devilish wink
  :*)      clowning
  :-T      keeping a straight face               
   

AFFIRMING, SUPPORTING
  :^D    "Great! I like it!"
  8-]     "Wow, maaan"
  :-o     "Wow!"   
  ^5      high five
  ^        thumbs up
  :]       Gleep, a friendly midget who wants
              to befriend you    
  (::()::)   bandaid; offering help or support


UNHAPPY, SAD          
  :-(    frowning; boo hoo                             
  :(      sad                                        
  :-<    really sad          
  :-c    really unhappy    
  :-C   really bummed 
  &-|   tearful
  :'      crying
  :'-(   crying and really sad
  :-|     grim
  :[      really down
  :-[     pouting
  \_/    "my glass is empty"


ANGRY, SARCASTIC
 >:-<   angry
 :-||      angry
 :-@    screaming
 :-V     shouting
 :-r      sticking tongue out
 >:-<   absolutely livid!!
 :-,      smirk
 :-P     nyahhhh!
 :->     bitingly sarcastic



TRYING TO COMMUNICATE
 :-&    tonguetied
 :-S     incoherent
 :-\      undecided
 :- I     "hmmm..."
 :-,      "hmmm "
 :-#     "My lips are sealed"
 :-X    "My lips are sealed"
 :-Y     a quiet aside
 :-"      pursing lips
 :-W    speaking with forked tongue
 :( )     can't stop talking


FEELING STUPID OR TIRED
  :~/     mixed up
 %-)    braindead
 (:I      egghead
 <:-I    dunce
 =:-)    hosehead
 :-]      smiling blockhead     
 :-[      un-smiling blockhead   
  |-O    yawning
 |-I      asleep
 :-6     exhausted; wipeout     


SURPRISED, INCREDULOUS, SKEPTICAL
 :>    What?
 :@   What?
 :Q    What?
 :-o   "uhh oh!" OR surprise
 ;-)     sardonic incredulity
 :O     shocked
 8-|    eyes wide with surprise
 :-/     skeptical
 8-O  "Omigod!!"
 :-C    just totally unbelieving
 |-{    "Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown)














HUGS AND KISSES
  : *      kisses
  :-X     a big wet kiss!
  :-x      kiss kiss
  :-{}    blowing a kiss
  []        hugs
  (( )):**    hugs and kisses
  ((((name))))   hug


MISCELLANEOUS
  :-*      Oops!
  :-I       indifferent
  \-o      bored
  :-P      tongue hanging out in anticipation
  O :-)   angelic; being an angel (at heart, at least)


NEW  EMOTICONS (by Tracy Marks):
  ][       feeling separate                        
  ] [      separating                         
  )  (     really separating             
  { }     face-to-face
  [ ]      wanting to hug
  }xx    kisses
  ()       feeling in harmony; connecting
  ] ?     moving away and wondering about you?
  [ ?     moving toward you and wondering about you?









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