The most basic emoticons are relatively consistent in form, but each of them can be transformed by being rotated (making them tinyambigrams), with or a without hyphen (nose). There are also some possible variations to emoticons to get new definitions, like changing a character to express a new feeling, or slightly change the mood of the emoticon. For example :(
equals sad and :((
equals very sad or weeping. A blush can be expressed as :">
. Others include wink ;)
, a grin :D
, smug :->
, and tongue out :P
for disgust or simply just to stick the tongue out for silliness, such as when blowing a raspberry. An often used combination is also <3
for a heart, and</3
for a broken heart.
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