E-Mail Symbols and Their Meaning.

Here are some symbols, you might use when composing a mail.

      Symbol -  Meaning

• :-) :I’m smiling.
  
• :-( :I’m frowning.
  
• :-< :I’m real sad.
  
• :-c :I’m bummed out.
  
• :-C :I’m really bummed out!
  
• :-I :I’m grim.
  
• :-/ :I’m skeptical.
  
• :-7 :I’m smirking at my own wry comment.
  
• :-> :I have a devilish grin.
  
• :-D :I’m laughing.
  
• :-o :I’m shouting.
  
• :-O :I’m shouting really loud.
  
• :-@ :I’m screaming.
  
• :-8 :I talk from both sides of my mouth.
  
• :-p :I’m sticking my tongue out at you.
  
• :-P :I’m being tongue-in-cheek.
  
• :-& :I’m tongue-tied.
  
• :-9 :I’m licking my lips.
  
• :-* :My lips pucker for a kiss or pickle.
  
• :-x :My lips are sealed.
  
• :-# :I wear braces.
  
• :-$ :My mouth is wired shut.
  
• :-? :I smoke a pipe.
  
• :-} :I have a beard.
  
• :-B :I have buck teeth.
  
• :-[ :I’m a vampire.
  
• :-{} :I wear lipstick.
  
• :-{) :I have a mustache.
  
• :-~) :My nose runs.
  
• :-)~ :I’m drooling.
  
• :-)-8 :I have big breasts.
  
• :*) :I’m drunk.
  
• :^) :My nose is broken.
  
• :~I :I’m smoking.
  
• :/i :No smoking!
  
• :~j :I’m smoking and smiling.
  
• :'-( :I’m crying.
  
• :'-) :I’m so happy, I’m crying.
  
• :) :I’m a midget.
  
• ;-) :I’m winking.
  
• .-) :I have just one eye,
  
• ,-) :but I’m winking it.
  
• ?-) :I have a black eye.
  
• %-) :Dizzy from staring at screen too long!
  
• 8-) :I wear glasses.
  
• B-) :I wear cool shades, man.
  
• g-) :I wear pince-nez glasses.
  
• P-) :I’m a pirate.
  
• O-) :I’m a scuba diver.
  
• |-O :I’m yawning.
  
• |^O :I’m snoring.
  
• X-( :I just died.
  
• 8:-) :My glasses are on my forehead.
  
• B:-) :My sunglasses are on my forehead.
  
•  O:-) :I’m an angel.
  
• +:-) :I’m a priest.
  
• [:-) :I’m wearing a Walkman.
  
• &:-) :I have curly hair.
  
• @:-) :I have wavy hair.
  
• 8:-) :I have a bow in my hair.
  
• {:-) :I wear a toupee,
  
• }:-) :but the wind is blowing it off.
  
• -:-) :I’m a punk rocker.
  
• -:-( :but real punk rockers don’t smile.
  
• [:] :I’m a robot.
  
• 3:] :I’m your pet,
  
• 3:[ :but I growl.
  
• }:-> :I’m being devilish,
  
• >;-> :and lewdly winking.
  
• =:-) :I’m a hose head.
  
• E-:-) :I’m a ham radio operator.
  
• C=:-) :I’m a chef.
  
• =|:-)= :I’m Uncle Sam.
  
• <):-) :I’m a fireman.
  
• *<:-) :I’m Santa Claus.
  
• *:o) :I’m Bozo the clown.
  
• <:I :I’m a dunce.
  
• (-: :I’m a lefty.