Emoticon

An emoticon (a concatenation of the words “emotion” and “icon”) is a textual expression representing the face of a writer's mood or facial expression.

In web forums, instant messengers and online games, text-based emoticons are often automatically replaced with small, corresponding images, which are also called emoticons.

Popular emoticons include:


 * -| - blank expression
 * -s - confused
 * -/ - doubtful
 * -D - laughter
 * -) - smile
 * -( - sad
 * -o - surprised, or shocked
 * -P - tongue sticking out


 * -) - wink