How to use Facebook Chat Emoticons

An emoticon is defined as a sideways facial glyph used in e-mail or Chat to indicate an emotion or attitude, as to indicate intended humor. It also portrays a writer's mood and/or facial expression. Emoticons can change and improve interpretation of plain text. Sometimes we can type something in a text or email that may be interpreted the wrong way so we can add an emoticon to portray a special feeling that we are serious or we may be kidding around about a statement that we typed.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Facebook Account
• chat
• computer

1. 
    
   Emoticon

   First, you will want to think of what you want to convey. Here are a few emoticons:
   
   Happy: :) or :-)
   Winking: ;) or ;-)
   Extremely happy: :D or :-D
   Love: <3
   Laughing eyes: >:o
   Happy eyes: ^_^
   Sneaky Cat smile: :3
   
   Find more information in our resource section at the end of this article.

2. 
    

   Next, these emoticons show disappointment or sadness
   Grumpy: >:-(
   Crying: :’(
   Woot?!: O.o
   Duhhh emote: :/ or :\
   Dork emote: -_-
   
   Don't forget to check out our resource section below for more information on emoticons

3. Next, these emoticons show disappointment or sadness
   Grumpy: >:-(
   Crying: :’(
   Woot?!: O.o
   Duhhh emote: :/ or :\
   Dork emote: -_-

Tips & Warnings

• If you have an AOL email account, they offer emoticons at the beginning when you first open your email for the day.

Resources

• Facebook
• Wikipedia