# More emoticons needed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 29, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661 "2004-05-29T08:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/1 "2004-05-29T08:28:57Z")
How do we get some more emoticons for better expression? I’d like to see some for: 1. Shrug 2. ROFLOL 3. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/2 "2004-05-29T19:03:51Z")
Occasionaly there is a vote for a new one. Including your suggestions I’d like to see a drool smiley, or a puke smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/3 "2004-05-29T20:05:16Z")
I could do with a “whistling innocently” smiley and a “shifty-eyed” smiley. But I think we should get rid of a couple (coughJewishguy) to keep it at a round dozen. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/4 "2004-05-29T20:11:04Z")
\ Remember, Admins (Lynn) when I suggested that when things have died down we have a smiley vote, and you replied in the affirmative? So, have things died down? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/5 "2004-05-29T21:17:11Z")
> [@iamme99](#): > > 1. ROFLOL > 2. LOL We have those, basically. ROFLOL is this guy: 😃 And LOL is this guy: 😛 I’d like to see a better :o embarrassed guy. I think it looks like he’s yawning. A puking one would be good. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/6 "2004-05-29T21:19:48Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > ROFLOL is this guy: 😃 > And LOL is this guy: 😛 Actually 😃 is ‘big grin’ which may not necesarily mean rolling on the floor laughing out loud. And 😛 is sticking the tongue out (it just _looks_ like lauging) Therefore, their meanings are misunderstood when used. If someone uses 😛 to laugh with someone that person might think they are being raspberried at. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/7 "2004-05-29T21:51:50Z")
Excellent. So, we have removed language to create pictograms, so that there is less confusion about meaning… and those selfsame pictograms are now causing confusing. I think we need a little smilie face to represent, “Welcome to the Straight Board Message Board, Insert Name Here, we’re glad to have you with us.” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/8 "2004-05-29T22:54:20Z")
One with “mad” eyebrows, crossed eyes and a stupid smile, to use after reading or writing an unquestionably bizarre statement (for example, I read that the Duke of Monmouth was beheaded, but when it was noted he had no portrait his head was sewed back onto his body and a portrait–now in the National Portrait Gallery in London–was painted. [appropriate emoticon] As in the message board for [www.snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com) , a weeping emoticon, with tears and half-closed eyes. A similar emoticon with tears and a smile; for expressing emotions when a seriously-ill friend has recovered. A “sigh” emoticon, with mouth in a frowning grimace, to express a glum feeling. A nauseous emoticon, with eyes shut and tongue out. A “learned” emoticon, with a smile and a mortarboard,. (I sdrew this emoticon, along with a heart symbol, on the jacket for the Ray Conniff love song “Today” from the mid-Sixties. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/9 "2004-05-29T23:08:05Z")
Here’s a forum with a huge number of similes that we could pirate from. 😉 [Link](http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/smilies.pl#s1) ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/10 "2004-05-30T01:38:06Z")
If anyone’s noticed, I’ve commented on numerous occasions (in numerous forums) that we need a “devilish” emoticon - a red smilie ( 🙂 ) with mad eyebrows ( :mad: ), and maybe two horns. Or a mad emoticon ( :mad: ) with a smile ( 🙂 ), and two horns. Same thing. If I’ve ever needed such an emoticon, I’ve gone old-school with \>:-) Unfortunately, depending on someone’s system configuration, it doesn’t always look right. (It doesn’t look quite right to me, in fact.) And I second the opinion that the embarrassed emoticon ( :o ) looks more like a yawn or, if your mind is in the gutter, something else entirely. 😉 Maybe if it had eyes like the “roll eyes” emoticon ( :rolleyes: ), it would look better. The color’s right though. I am also uncertain as to the use of the “tongue” emoticon ( 😛 ). I suspect the original intention of it was to convey a good-natured ribbing. But a humour scale of 🙂😛😃 does make sense. I don’t like the “putz” emoticon (which I won’t even insert into this post) just because of the word balloon. It just looks awkward and ugly compared to most other emoticons. I don’t like the jewish emoticon ( ;j ) either, which just reeks of fan-service. Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/11 "2004-05-30T03:13:00Z")
I’ve always liked [this](http://www.royal-orleans.com/phpBB2/posting.php?mode=smilies) character set… ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/12 "2004-05-30T04:26:36Z")
The putz emoticon is in memory of one of the most beloved members of the board who passed away a few years ago, Wally. I would not be happy to see that one go, as it always reminds me of him, and makes me smile. I for one think there are more than enough emoticons already, but it’s no skin off my back if others want more. I guess this is my 2 cents (CDN)/ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/13 "2004-05-30T12:06:02Z")
I will suggest to the other moderators that we disallow alphanumeric characters in future, and expand the emoticons to cover the full vocabulary range. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/14 "2004-05-30T13:48:25Z")
I think we should force everyone to use the “dancing men” code of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It combines the best parts of text and emoticons into one nice package. [http://www.bakerstreet221b.de/canon/danc.htm](http://www.bakerstreet221b.de/canon/danc.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/15 "2004-05-30T16:22:29Z")
If there should happen to be another smilie election, I would hope that “none” would be one of the candidates. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/16 "2004-05-30T18:05:46Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > I will suggest to the other moderators that we disallow alphanumeric characters in future, and expand the emoticons to cover the full vocabulary range. Sounds like a plan, Dex. 😛 [A few fave moties](http://www.marlowe.supanet.com/emoticons.html) that I miss on the Dope … ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/17 "2004-05-30T18:20:17Z")
> [@Shrinking Violet](#): > > [A few fave moties](http://www.marlowe.supanet.com/emoticons.html) that I miss on the Dope … Hmm…personally, I could do without the animoticons (is that a word?). I prefer mine to be static; moving ones are too distracting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/18 "2004-05-30T18:28:19Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Hmm…personally, I could do without the animoticons (is that a word?). I prefer mine to be static; moving ones are too distracting. 🙂 Y’know, I was completely overlooking the fact that emoticons on the Dope are never animated! :smack: (Need my “bagonhead” motie here … one which I seem to use all too often on other boards. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/19 "2004-05-30T22:09:03Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Hmm…personally, I could do without the animoticons (is that a word?). I prefer mine to be static; moving ones are too distracting. 🙂 Absolutely agree. Animated thingies in text are awful. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661/20 "2004-05-31T01:47:11Z")
I wouldn’t mind more emoticons for a wider range of (ahem) “expression”. But I absolutely loathe animated anything on my web page. There is sooooo much of the web that is unreadable to me (at least until I hit [Esc]) because there’s animated jumping zinging whooshing crap all over the place. Just another reason why I love this message board! 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emoticons-needed/247661.md?page=2)