Here's some that I can think of using. I'm just looking for those that you can make by using the keyboard that don't become any sort of character that has any color and shape.

I've disabled the smilies in this post to enable demonstrating that. You might want to do the same.

I know that there could be many more than the ones that I've listed.

Thanks!

:), :(, :/, */*, +_+, etc.

Clough

Thank you for being so helpful and thorough in your answers, hheath541!!

Altenweg

Artsy.

TTYL = Talk to you later.

That's the only one I know, so don't ask any other questions.

hheath541

BRB - be right back

LOL - laugh out loud

LM(F)AO - laughing my (fat) arse off

ROTFL - roll on the floor laughing

ROTFLM(F)AO - roll on the floor laughing my (fat) arse off

ASL - age/sex/location (generally used by noobs, teenie boppers, pervs, and predators)

IRL - in real life

BTW - by the way

IM(H)O - in my (humble) opinion

FTW - fu** the world

- what the fu**

Clough

Hi, All!

I'm not intending to be rude, but I was asking about emoticons and smilies. The letter abbreviations are acronyms.

Acronyms could be the subject of another thread.

Thanks!

zippit

dont leave out the ( * ) ( * )

hheath541

boobies!

Clough

Really? I thought that it might be two eyes with wrinkles around them!

Thanks!

Just Looking

Haha - I thought about boobies, but didn't do it. There is also:

(y)

or older boobies

(.) (.)

Clough

Any other takers out there?

Thanks!

KeepItSimpleStupid

(_E=3Dmc2_) A smart
(_$_) Money coming out of his
(_!_) A regular "nice"
(__!__) A large
(!) A tight
(_._) A flat
(_^_) A bubbly
(_*_) A sore
(_!__) A lop-sided
{_!_} A squishy
(_o_) An that's been around
(_O_) And more....
(_x_) Kiss my
(_X_) "Get off my "
(_zzz_) A tired
(_o^o_) A wise
(_13_) An unlucky
(_?_) Dumb