Emoticons, their meaning and use, are explained by this consulting firm. Find out how to make an Elton John smiley.
Discover how to make nearly a hundred different emoticons, including Homer Simpson and the Spice Girls.
Browse through this compiled list of well over one hundred emoticons, smileys and one-line ASCII art.
Samples represent icons that can substitute for vocal inflections in electronic written communication. Includes common acronyms as well.
Popular humor author Barry shares his own interpretation of emoticons used on the Internet.
Learn more about adding emoticons to email messages with this general description of the history and use of these little smileys.
Peruse these emoticons for representations of vocal inflections in email messages. Includes an upload area for submissions from users.
Survey a brief sample of emoticons, find out how and why they're used, or submit a new "smiley" idea.
Comprehensive listing and definition of smiley faces used in Internet chat rooms and email.
Peruse this glossary of smiley faces, or emoticons, and their explanations.
Read through this tutorial dedicated to using emoticons and smileys in email messaging. Includes a list of abbreviations to use as well.
Toledo-based ezine focuses on the use of emoticons in written communication as a substitute for verbal inflection.
Fans of the animated series "Sailor Moon" can find an index featuring related emoticons and smileys, including static and animated images.
Describes the term "emoticon" and lists links to additional resources and information about this voice-inflection substitute.
Provides users with a variety of smiley faces, which are categorized by context, such as celebrity, pets, occupational and mood smiles.
Pore over a long list that pictures and defines dozens of ways to express thoughts or feelings iconically using the computer keyboard.
Check out the top-ten most used emoticons, and find out how best to express emotions symbolically in email messages.
Enter a word describing an emotion into the text field, and get a representation of the emoticon or smiley associated with that feeling.
Discover a dictionary of basic smileys, widely used smileys, big smileys, small smileys and emotional smileys. Get smileys for any occasion.
Read this not so sympathetic editorial on the overuse and abuse of inserting those little smileys into email messages.
User can let others know exactly how he or she feels using symbols created with a computer keyboard.