Emoticons are a pretty big part of teens, and now text-savvy adults life. I get emailed a lot about emoticons and their translations, so I decided to put up a post of the top emoticons teens use. Enjoy, feel free to add yours in the comments.
1. :-) smiling; agreeing
2. :-D laughing
3. :-> hey hey
4. ;-) wink, wink
5. :’-) crying
6. ;-> devilish wink
7. :-o ”Wow!”
8. ^5 high five
9. ^ thumbs up
10. :( sad
11. :-& tonguetied
12. :-# ”My lips are sealed”
13. :O Shocked
14. : * Kiss
15. [] Hugs
16. :-* Oops!
17. :-I I dont care
18. :-P Ha ha (as in sticking your tongue out)
19. O :-) Angelic
20. %*} Very drunk
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