It is also sometimes useful to communicate emotion which simple words do not readily convey. Often common expressions are abbreviated in informal network postings. The basic information appears below. Emoticons represent the facial expressions or gestures that can not be conveyed in plain text. They can also serve as a means to express a mood.
Emoticons are case sensitive.
Please use lower case letters for emoticons unless specified differently in the descriptions below. Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster.