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Basic, rude and kissing smileys.

The original emoticon site. Common and not so common emoticons.

Compiled list of smileys and one line ASCII art.

A selection of smileys used in IRC and Internet chat rooms.

Emoticons (emotional icons) are used to compensate for the inability to convey voice inflections, facial expressions, and bodily gestures in written communication

Emoticons are ASCII (plain text) graphics. To read these, tilt your head to the left until the dots look like a pair of eyes. (BTW, the noses are optional.)

Smilies and emoticons submitted by users. A few signature sized pictures too.

Online culture's foremost contribution to either the evolution of language or the death of literacy, depending on your point of view.

This website helps you to find out the meaning of several emoticons and smileys.

A sequence of ordinary characters you can find on your computer keyboard. Emoticons are used in e-mail and other forms of communication.

Expressing emotion in email correspondence. Directory and newsletter.

Linguist, Naomi Baron, predicts that abbreviations will replace emoticons and that electronic communication will grow increasingly cryptic as groups develop their own secret codes.

Article about Scott Fahlman and emoticon use. Fahlman is the originator of the "emotional icon," or "emoticon".

List of emoticons available to use with Gmail.

Article by Sam Mohun. Published on the 20th anniversary of the smiley.