Date: 26 Feb 92 14:11:41 EST
From: "I. Sheldon Posen" <70441.3360@COMPUSERVE.COM>
To: <ENQ8BKG@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: EMOTICON 1
Message-Id: <920226191141_70441.3360_EHE60-2@CompuServe.COM>

To help telecom-sters clarify just how humorous their postings are
intended to be, here is a collection of the many faces of humor,
emoticon-style.

emoticon: n. a figure created with the symbols on a keyboard that
       is read with the head tilted to the left. Used to convey
       the spirit in which a line of text was typed.


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:-)      Humor
:-) )-:     Masking theatrical comments
:<)      For those with hairy lips
:<)=     For those with beards too
:/)      Not funny
'-)         Wink
P-)      Pirate
;-)      Sardonic incredulity
(@ @)       You're kidding!
:-"         Pursing lips
:-v      Just another face (speaking) profiled from the side
:-V      Shout
:-w      Speak with forked tongue
:-W      Shout with forked tongue
:-r      Bleahhh (sticking tongue out)
:-f
:-p
:-1      Smirks
:-,
<:-O     Eeek!
:-*      Oooops (covering mouth with hand)
:-T      keeping a straight face (tight-lipped)
:-D      said with a smile
:-P
:-y
:-o      More versions of shouting
:-O
:-{      Count Dracula
=|:-)=        Uncle Sam
7:)      Reagan
:-#      Censored
:~i      Smoking
:~j      (and smiling)
:/i      No smoking
:-I         It's something, but I don't know what....
:-x      Kiss kiss
:->      Alternate happy face
:-(      Unhappy
:-c      Real unhappy
:-C      Unbelieving (jaw dropped)
:-<      Forlorn
:-B      Drooling (or overbite)
:-|      Disgusted
:-?      Licking your lips
<:>==         A turkey emoticon
:-) :-) :-) Loud guffaw
:-J      Tongue-in-cheek comments
:*)      Clowning around
:-8      Talking out both sides of your mouth
(:-)     Msgs dealing with bicycle helmets
@=       Warning about nuclear war
<:-)     For dumb questions
o=       A burning candle for flames
-=       A doused candle to end a flame
OO       Headlights on msg
:_)      I used to be a boxer, but it really got my nose out of joint

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