I don't understand smilies any more

I'm not talking about the ones here, because they're understandable enough, but I've completely lost track as to what smilies are supposed to be any more.

How in the name of 'eck is :L a laughing smiley? And what exactly is ;_; and also what is xD supposed to be? It looks like Cartman from South Park whenever he gets angry!

Sunnyisland

:-)

PizzamanIRL

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not talking about the ones here, because they're understandable enough, but I've completely lost track as to what smilies are supposed to be any more.

How in the name of 'eck is :L a laughing smiley? And what exactly is ;_; and also what is xD supposed to be? It looks like Cartman from South Park whenever he gets angry!

:L is from the Bebo days. It used to produce a laughing face when you posted it.

;_; looking like a crying face

xD is someone laughing very hard

;_; is a crying face? I thought it was a perplexed one!

D1stant

Iwasfrozen

Deleted User wrote: »

How in the name of 'eck is :L a laughing smiley? And what exactly is ;_; and also what is xD supposed to be? It looks like Cartman from South Park whenever he gets angry!

:L isn't a laugh it's :P
;_; is a person crying
XD is jut the same as , the resemblance to South Park is intentional.

Any more questions op?

MadsL

>>O-O<<

Sunnyisland

MadsL wrote: »

>>O-O<<

What's that ? As I be like the OP.

kneemos

D1stant wrote: »

What does this one mean?

Muise...

I misread the title as 'similes' so I was going to explain it to you Boney, 'cause I'm as thick as the wall. :):D:P

Iwasfrozen

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

:L isn't a laugh it's :P
;_; is a person crying
XD is jut the same as , the resemblance to South Park is intentional.

Any more questions op?

:L is :P? If that's the case, then loads of people are using it wrong as they've told me that it is laughing.

Iwasfrozen

Deleted User wrote: »

:L is :P? If that's the case, then loads of people are using it wrong as they've told me that it is laughing.

It's a cheeky laugh not really haha laugh which is more

Muise...

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

It's a cheeky laugh not really haha laugh which is more

I thought was a dirty grin, and :pac: was a haha belly laugh.

Boombastic

:rolleyes:

phasers

I prefer to use ;-; for crying because then it sort of looks like the tears are dripping off his face

Iwasfrozen

Muise... wrote: »

I thought was a dirty grin, and :pac: was a haha belly laugh.

It's whatever people understand.

Paulyh

Ah smilie faces...... the mark of a moron

paulmclaughlin

Deleted User wrote: »

:L is :P? If that's the case, then loads of people are using it wrong as they've told me that it is laughing.

No, it's a laughing face from when Bebo used to be the thing all the cool kids were on.

Meangadh

No a tongue sticking out is :-P

Real Life

MadsL wrote: »

>>O-O<<

a person with glasses getting shot with arrows

Sunnyisland

· ._. Emoticon Representing Apathy
· /.\ Shy
Ashamed
· // Love, I love you
· /:) Sign Of Flirtation
Sign Of Suspicion
· /B/ 4chan's random image board
· /O/ Happy, arms in the air
· /O\ Frustrated, hands on head
· /R/ Requesting
· /S Sarcasm
· /THREAD End of a thread on a forum
· /W Whisper
· :$ Embarrassed
· :& Tongue tied, speechless
· :> Mischievous smile
· :< Sad, frowning
· Crying
· :') Crying with joy
· Unhappy, sad
· :) Pig
· |) Monkey
· Happy
· Kiss
· :-( Sad
· :-) Smile
· :-* Kiss
· :-D Laughing
Big Smile
· :-P Emoticon Of Someone Sticking Their Tongue Out
· Sarcasm
· :0 Surprised, shocked
· Cute/goofy face
· :9 Yum, licking
· :? Confused
· :@ Angry
· :B Buck teeth
· :C Very Sad
· Happy
· :DD Very happy
· :F Drooling
· :J Smirk
· :K Vampire teeth
Snake's tongue
· :L Laughing
· :O Surprised
· :O) Clown nose smiley face
· :P Sticking tongue out
· :Q Smoking
· :S Confused
· :T Side smile
· :X Zipped lips
· :[ Sad
Vampire
· Emoticon Meaning Confusion
· :] Happy
· :{) Happy with a moustache
· Disgust, disapproval, not funny
· ;( Crying
· Wink
· ;-) Wink
· ;; Sad
Confused
· ;D Wink
· ;O Joking
· ;P Winking and sticking tongue out
· ;P; Misspelling of LOL
· = Equals
Complete Transformation
· Happy
· =* Kiss
· =.= Tired
· =/= Not equal to
· =0 Surprised, shocked
· =3 Cute/goofy face
· =D
· =F Vampire
· =I Indifference
· =P Sticking tongue out
· =S Confused
· =W= Weezer (band)
· =X No Comment
· =[ Sad
· =] Happy
· ? What?
· ?4U Question For You
· ?? What?
· ?_? Confused, lost
· @ At
· @.@ Confused, surprised
@ Warning of parents nearby
· @_@ Hypnotized, dazed
· @}--->---- A rose
· \M/ Horns, metal salute
· \O Waving
· \O/ Happy, arms in the air
· \\// Peace
Vulcan salute
· ^.^ Happy
· ^.~ Wink
· ^5 High five
· ^O^ Hurrah
· ^W^ Happy
· ^^ Happy
· ^^^ Reference to line above
· ^_^ Happiness, satisfied
· ^_~ Wink
· ^~^ Emoticon Of A Mischievous Smile
· |O| same as LOL
· }:-) Devilish smile
· ~ Denotes Sarcasm
Put At The End Of A Word To Make It Longer
· ™ Trademark
:)

There's actually a sarcasm smiley now?

Knex*

Deleted User wrote: »

There's actually a sarcasm smiley now?

:rolleyes:

looking_around

:L = laughing. Personally I prefer =D

;_; crying..or T_T or Y_Y. Could alse be "exasperation".

XD . I use this alot .. like a "haha, oops".. laughing, but not entirely laughing.

O_O = glasses or wide-eyed/shock/surprise

thecatspjs

:rolleyes: has to be the most irritating one. So condescending.

I like :pac: but have no clue what it's supposed to mean.

How is T_T crying..? I thought the purpose of smilies is that they're supposed to look like what they actually are!

PizzamanIRL

B=====D

looking_around

Deleted User wrote: »

How is T_T crying..? I thought the purpose of smilies is that they're supposed to look like what they actually are!

Did you know in some tribes the cheetah is known as the crying cat?
Because of the black stripes straight down from it's eyes.

Think it's something along those lines. Top of the "T" is the eye, the vertical line is the non-stop drip of tears.

thecatspjs wrote: »

I like :pac: but have no clue what it's supposed to mean.

I'm not sure about the pacman smilie either. Think it's similar in meaning to XD or like a single "Ha".
I think, I'm not sure.

WoollyRedHat

phasers wrote: »

I prefer to use ;-; for crying because then it sort of looks like the tears are dripping off his face

So much pain ;-; ;-; ;-;

Vincent Vega

¬_¬

Iwasfrozen

Deleted User wrote: »

How is T_T crying..? I thought the purpose of smilies is that they're supposed to look like what they actually are!

Yes, and T_T looks like a person crying.