Emoticons: :-) or :-(

:/ is my favourite, to me it means not sure.

i like the traditional :-) myself, but on certain fonts (mostly the fixed width fonts) it makes the smiley looks like ruud van nistelrooy in which case it's :)

i like the traditional :-) myself, but on certain fonts (mostly the fixed width fonts) it makes the smiley look like ruud van nistelrooy in which case it's :)

I overuse it though.

Happy birthday.

Well, this calls for some rockin' out.

\m\ (>.<) /m/

AND SKATEBOARDING o->-</:

my friend made that up in grade 6. it's probably been done before and/or since then but it seemed pretty neat to us before the internets.

:'(

Nabokov called for them.

I like the non-sideway emoticons, but I don't understand half of'em - which could mean that all those "cutesy jokes" are in fact jibes at my address - nor can I use'em myself (as I don't know'em that well).

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/09/dayintech_0919?npu=1&mbid=yhp

i no read boing boing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7778767.stm

A series of punctuation marks used to convey a wink in text messages - known as an emoticon - has been trademarked in Russia, says a local businessman.

Entrepreneur Oleg Teterin said the trademark for the ;-) emoticon was granted to him by Russia's federal patent agency.

But critics doubt the trademark's legal basis as the emoticon has been in the public domain for years.

Mr Teterin said he would chase firms using the symbol without permission.

"I want to highlight that this is only directed at corporations, companies that are trying to make a profit without the permission of the trademark holder," Mr Teterin said in comments on the Russian TV channel, NTV.

"Legal use will be possible after buying an annual licence from us," he was quoted by the newspaper Kommersant as saying.

"It won't cost that much - tens of thousands of dollars," added the businessman, who is president of Superfone, a company that sells advertising on mobile phones.

But he said he does not plan on tracking down individual users of the emoticon.

He also said since other similar emoticons - :-) or ;) or :) - resemble the one he has trademarked, use of those symbols could also fall under his ownership.

Some observers say the announcement by Mr Teterin is a gimmick.

The president of Russian social networking site odnoklassniki.ru, Nikita Sherman said: "You're not likely to find any retards in Russia who'll pay Superfone for the use of emoticons".

Alexander Malis, a director of the firm Vympelkom, said his company would not pay on principle, and jokingly suggested patenting brackets.

According to Russian media, Mr Teterin is not the first person to try to trademark the ;-) symbol in Russia.

Kommersant said in 2005 a St Petersburg court upheld an appeal from the German corporation Siemens, which was sued by a Russian man claiming he held the trademark.

:O

The president of Russian social networking site odnoklassniki.ru, Nikita Sherman said: "You're not likely to find any retards in Russia who'll pay Superfone for the use of emoticons".

ahahahaha

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/hfo-emoticon/

confession.

I've always thought that ;_; meant you were mooning someone, not crying. For some reason, that looks like arms pulling down pants to me. So I always that people were being really confrontational around here, mooning in response to everything.

For the record, I am proposing this as the emoticon for mooning:
;(*);

oh shit, or this

;(i);

So I always that people were being really confrontational around here, mooning in response to everything.

Hahah wow that would change a few threads forever.

<3 <3 <3 last two posts xpost

Hahah wow that would change a few threads forever.

Before, it was "latebloomer keeps mooning everyone, what a guy", now it's "latebloomer stop crying"

I want things to go back to how they were!

Before, it was "latebloomer keeps mooning everyone, what a guy", now it's "latebloomer stop crying"

poll

latemooner

crying guy is my favorite emoticon ever

;_;

My brother and I were talking about that over the phone last night, actually. He said, "I love the semicolons crying guy sooooo much."

zs ur emoticon looks like a ladyburrito

my proposed emoticon is versatile imo

a ladyburrito SCORPION

be careful how you use an emoticon is all i'm sayin' ; )

crying guy is old get with the new

; )

― steamed hams (harbl), Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:58 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

u r so sexy when u wink like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― ian, Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:59 PM (1 week ago)

i like sarcastic crab best

";-;"

8===D

a very happy babboon, obv. rather than a penis

http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/natures_best_2006/gallery/baboon.jpg

in the case of

^_^

do you see eyes or ears??

eyes

yeah me too