Emoticons Big List

Emoticons are all our favorites… isn’t it? Presenting a list of most commonly used emoticons

#-) - Stayed up too late / user partied all night
#.-o - "Oh, nooooooo Mr. Bill!!!"
%-) - stared at screen too long, cross-eyed
%*@:-( - Hung over
%-^ - User is another Picasso
%-6 - Brain dead
(-: - left-handed smiley
(:)-) - Scuba diver
(:-d) - Yum yum
(:I - Egghead
(:-q) - An indian
(:-Q) - At the dentist clinic
(:V) - Duck
(-_-) - Secret smile
(_8-(|) - Homer Simpson
*#:-) - Scotsman wearing his Scottish tam
*:o) - Bozo the clown
*-{:-) - Smiley with a pon-pon hat
*<:-) - Santa Claus
*X* - Kiss
,-) , '-) - one-eyed wink
-'-,-'{@ / -'-,-{@ - Rose
,-} - wry and winking
.) - Keeping an eye out for you
:-#| - Big mustache
:-& - biting tongue
:'-( - Crying
:-( - Sad
:-() - Surprised
8-| - Surprised
:'-) - Crying of joy
:-)' - drooling
:-) - Smile
-:-) - User sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
:-)) - Really happy
:-)<>>>>> - Basic Smiley with a necktie
:-)-8 - Big girl
:-)8 - User is well dressed
:-* - A kiss / ate something weird
:* - Kisses
:*) - Drunk
:-*) , :-*> - drunken; clown
:,( - Crying
:-/ - Perplexed
:-/ - Uhhh.... sure...
::POOF:: - Goodbye, leaving the room (mainly used in IRC)
:-@ - screaming
:[ - Boned
:-[ - Vampire
:-\ - User happens to be Popeye
:] - Asleep...
:-] - biting lip
:-{ - Boo hoo / user is weeping
:-{} - User with heavy lipstick
:-| - "Have an ordinary day!" Smiley / grim / out of words
:-'| - User has a cold
:-|| - Mad
:-} - Embarrassed smile / goat / smirk
:}{: - Kisses (stolen from June bug)
:~ - Also crying
:-~~~ - Drooling
:-< - Boo hoo / forlorn, very sad
:<}) - User with mustache, smiling
:-=) - Hitler (?)
:-> - funny, happy, grinning, "hey hey"
:-7 - wry statement
:-8 - lying (speaking through both sides of mouth)
:8-) - Glasses on nose
:-8) - Glasses way on nose
:-9 - Licking his lips
:-b , :-p , :-Þ - sticking out tongue
:-c - Bummed / sniff / unbelieving (dropped jaw)
:-c - unhappy
:-D - Big grin / lol
:-e - Disappointed
:-E - Vampire
:G - Gee...
:-j - Benjamin Netanyahu smiles / tongue in cheek
:-J - Benjamin Netanyahu smiles / tongue in cheek
:-o - Wow! / I'm surprised
:P - Big, wide smile
:-P - Sticking out your tongue
:-P~ (may contain more than a single ~) - A lick / a tongue out / a really long tongue out (when 
:-s - bizarre comment, sarcastic
:-t - Cross smiley
:-v - Talking
:-X , :-|| , :-# - "my lips are sealed"
;-( - crying
;-) - Smile with a wink
;-@ - swearing, angry
;-^) - Tongue in cheek
@:- | ) - Elvis
@= - Nuclear mushroom
[:-) - Walking with a Walkman
[:-|] - Robot
{:() - A monkey/chimp
|-) - Jordy from Star-Trek / sleeping / blind (to spot the obvious
|^o - Snoring
|-I - Sleeping
|-O - Birth
}8-P - Big, big smile
~.^ - Blink (one eye only)
~:o - baby (or behaving like one)
+:-) - Doctor
+-:-) - The pop
<:I - Dunce
=:-) - Punk rocker
=:O - Frightened (hair standing on end)
=|:-)= - Abe Lincoln
=8O - Bug-eyed with fright
>(oo)< - mad pig (candy, as in the food)
>:-( - angry
>:) - Mischievous grin / perplexed look
>:-< - Mad
>:-> - sarcastic, devilish grin
>:-X - Angry
><<<*><*>>>< - Kissing Fish
0-) - Scuba diver
0:-) - Angel
3:[ - Bulldog smiling
3:-o - Cow
8-# - Dead
8:-) - Glasses on forehead / little girl
8:] - Normal smiling face of a gorilla
8-o - Very surprised / amazed
|-o - Very surprised / amazed
:-O - Very surprised / amazed
8-X - Afraid
B-( - Sad / bored face
B-) - Sun glasses
C(: / :)D - Tongue out
C|:-= - Charlie Chaplin
C=:-) - Chef
H-S - After eating something bad
-O - "Wow!"
O :-) - Angel
oooo(0) (0)oooo - Toes
S:8-( - Grandma
X-( - Dead

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