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Nearly everyone recognizes the colon and right parenthesis : ) as a smiley face symbol (just tilt your head to the left to look at it). These hyper-symbols are gaining some popularity outside the digital realm appearing on bumper stickers and even in magazine ads. What most people don't know is that there are a variety of other common symbols you can use rather than just smiling and frowning at everyone you meet…

Symbol

What it Means...


:-)

:-(

|:-}

>:-(

;-)

:-O

|-O

:-@

:-*

:-|

:-/

;-}

:-e

}:-)

:-D

:-P

:-!

:-&

>;#[

:-

>-

:-Q

:-{

8-)

d:-)

C=:-)

:)~

:`(````

<:(

~:)


Smiley Face - Happy

Frown - Sad

Calm

Angry Frown - Upset

Wink

Yell

Yawn - Bored

Scream

Kiss

Indifference

Perplexed

Leer

Disappointment

Devilish Grin

Shock / Surpised

Wry Smile

Foot-In-Mouth

Tongue Tied

You need a punch in the nose

Male

Female

Smoker

Mustache

Eye-Glasses

Baseball Hat

Chef

Snake Tongue

Crying

Dunce

Little Baby

Here's some symbols other than just faces that you can use..

Symbol

What it Means...


^!

=>$

<)))><

@}~^~~^~~

\_/

{=^;^=}

(-.-)

(*.*)

(o.-)

(^.^)


I'm out of here!

Show me the money

Fish

Rose with thorns

Beverage

Meow Meow

Napping

Stars In My Eyes

Black Eye

Rolling My Eyes

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