Offtopic: What do these emoticons mean?

[Greg Berge]

:-D as opposed to ;-)

:-/ as opposed to :´-(

And :-))

[Tom Lento]

Well :-D  is just a really big grin, while ;-)  is a winking guy

:-/  I think that means crying, but I'm not sure
:´-(   No, that means crying.  I guess the other one isjust sad?

:-))  I don't know, but I like it.  I think it's laughing.

Anyone have a better idea?

[CowbellGuy]

Ermm... well, if I had to guesstimate...

:-D just kidding
;-) winking
:-)) sticking tongue out (need to find a better one for this
:-/ exasperated/confused vs sad for the other one

[Tom Lento]

Hm.  Odd.  I was basing my guesses on what they look like underneath the fancy graphics.

Somehow, that sounded dirty. . . I'll try again.

I meant the ascii text symbols that they used as the basis for the graphic.  Like (-: would be a smiley face.  Only backwards.

I really have GOT to get some work done today. . .

[CowbellGuy]

The ASCII versions are pretty arbitrary. In fact I just changed the crying one because it had an issue with one browser. It just does a replace.

[Tom Lento]

Well, so much for my theory.  :-))  (I still think this one is laughing, though)

Actually, isn't :-P sticking out its tongue?

[CowbellGuy]

OK. Fine...





:-P

[Greg Berge]

:-D  just kidding
;-)  winking

Jesus, you guys are a big help.  I meant, what does the "just kidding" grin connote that the "winking" smile doesn't?  Is it a matter of degree?  I have always used the wink for irony/sarcasm.  Now suddenly I'm questioning my emoticon etiquette.

[Tom Lento]

If it's any consolation to you, Greg, I always used the wink as irony/sarcasm, and the big grinning green face as, well, a big grinning green face.  :-D

You know, it occurs to me that this is the exact *opposite* of getting work done. . .

[zg88]

OK... so, how 'bout...

:-D = mock self-satisfaction (??)

[Al DeFlorio]

In my day it would have been called an S.E.G.:-D