The meaning of smileys

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What most of us want to know when we finally come across someone who can act as a free smileys expert is what the meaning is of a certain emoticon. If you are one of these people, you have probably experienced this before. For those who never got the chance to talk to a smileys expert, here is a list of meanings and definitions of text emoticons. If you don’t want to learn all these by heart, or don’t like the text based emoticons, you can download free smileys anywhere on the internet.

The list of popular smileys with their meanings:

:>) = "Big nose smiling"

<3 = heart (it is used usually instead of the word 'love' as in I <3 you)

((())) = Hugs! with approximately 6 hands :)

To make a kisses smiley, you can write the plain XOXO, or go for

:-X = big wet kiss

or :-{} = blow a big kiss!

For free smileys you can always use the text based emoticons, or you can download free smileys online from several sites selling ingenious animated images expressing your deepest feelings.