What do the smilies mean to you?

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    What do the smilies mean to you?

    I was thinking that what I may think one smilies means may mean something else to someone else so just out of curiosity what do they mean to you?

    For me:
    [:)]-Embarrass or cheerful, I use it for both.
    [:D]-happy
    [8D]-goofy
    [;)]-wink
    [&:]-nervous
    Angry-angry
    [>:]-confused
    [:o]-Oh NO!
    [X(]-sad or morning
    [:-]-shhhh
    [8|]-oh great
    [&o]very disappointed

    Then there are all the others...
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    For me:

    [:)]-Just a smiley

    [:D]-LOL

    [8D]-Dork, Joking, Funny

    [;)]-heh heh, sly, ya know what I mean, joking

    [&:]-worried

    [:@]-vent, peeved, watch out

    [>:]-never used this one, looks angry tho!

    [:o]-This one is strange...looks almost ill lol! Never used it.

    [X(]-Okay THIS ONE look ill...I'd use this if I were sick.

    [:-]-whatever, pfft! get over yourself etc.

    [8|]-umm, yeah, nerdy, whatever, rolling my eyes, are you reading this stuff?

    [&o]-Bummer, possibly suburned lmao.
     
    [:'(]-This one is eeww, yuck, grody, etc
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    [:)] - blushing or just a little matter of fact smile, coy smile... and so on

    [:D] - yay!   lol...

    [8D] - joking around, just silliness

    [&:] - use to express that I dont know something.... confused, stumped... dumbfounded, etc - worried as well

    [>:] - kinda like a  "hmph" pouty type thing...

    [:o] - Oh! Shock... oh no, omg... that sort....

    [X(] - using a tissue..?  i dunno i never use that one [&:], hehe

    [8|] - just a general rolling of the eyes...

    [&o] - sigh

    [:-] - no clue for this one never use it either

    the rest are pretty self explanatory...[:)]


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    [:)]  more of a grin than a fu out smie
    [:D]  full out smile
    [8D]  this I use for goofy most of the time, or I really did something dummmmmmmb
    [&:]  also for goofy grin
     
    [:(]  I don't wanna know
    [>:]  I didn't wanna know and ya told me anyway
    [X(]  Ohhhh  spit
    [8|]  Now see, this is my old fart smiley....but nobody ELSE sees it that way
    [;)]  Said with a wink....
    [:@]  Ummmmmm, I'm PO'd  LOL!
    [:'(]  Most commonly used in place of letters in words like B[:'(]n[:'(]ful, or P[:'(]digr[:'(][:'(]
    [:o][:-][&o]  big sigh......
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    [8|] this one cant be rolling the eyes because those are supposse to be eye glasses so i think it could be like "according to my wide knowledge" [;)]
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    [8|] Sure it can...I roll my eyes all the time and I wear glasses ...lol.
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    Me too, Gina.  BUT, until idog makes me my very own old fart smiley, you all are just gonna have to remember that when I use it, it means OLD FART!
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    See smilies are a total waste on me because I can't see them - I don't have a huge monitor (flat panel but not huge).  So I always hope someone truly isn't relying on them to convey something I really need to understand.  *sigh*
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    Hey Callie can you hear me now?? teehee...(hiding)
     
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    everything Amy said is the way I use these smilies, except
    [:-] means SShhhh!  Don't tell!!  cuz it looks like a finger held up to the mouth - kind of.
    For an entire year I had no idea wth this one was [X(] until about a month ago!  AND, I also think there's an unfair advantage to have this one...[sm=tex.gif]  I want a Doberman one!!  I want a Doberman one!  I want a Doberman one!!! [sm=soap%20box.gif]
    ok, I'm totally kidding and looking for excuses to use smilies...[sm=party.gif]  I needed a breather after reading some of the nastier posts today.
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    I never understood any of these - [>:][:o][X(][:-][&o]
    And someone please explain this one to me: [sm=yawn.gif] Is that a yawn??
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    that poor old gsd has been floating around forever.  I think that Jim (the original idog owner) had a gsd or two.....
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    [X(] i happen to think this one means "potty mouth" or "washing my mouth out with soap.....
     
    [>:]frustrated, but not ticked
    [:@]ticked.  or perhaps "d'oh!"
    [&:]sheepish
    [8|] this is me begging for mercy.  i don't know why, maybe because that's the way the dogs look at me after they've been bad
    [:-] what the HECK is this one????
     
    the rest are the same as everyone else...
     
     
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    I always thought that this one was just picking your nose [:-]  I agree with Amanda (Xebby) on the rest.
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    Yes, Gina -- that's a flashback to the early 70's you know!!  "Have a Nice Day!" (oops, did I date myself ... AGIN???)