How to Make Smiley Faces Including emoticons in your text messages is a way for you to express your feelings or signal the topic of your text Using the right emoticon can help your reader gain a better understanding of your message. The word “emoticon” is actually a combination of “emotion” and “icon”. Emoticons can be formed by typing a short series of characters on your keyboard. The first smiley face, :-), to appear on the Internet is credited to a message board posting in 1982 by a research scientist named Scott Fahlman. The most common emoticons consist of :) , :( or :P, which are happy, sad and cheeky, respectively. Emoticons have evolved dramatically ever since, with expressions ranging from classic to complicated. Instructions 1. Make a smiley face to express happiness or good will. The smile comes in a variety of forms, the most common being :-) Variations include :), :], :0), =), =o) and: D. 2. Make a sad face to express displeasure or sadness. Frowned faces are similar to smiley faces, except that the opening parentheses is used instead of the closing one:-(, : ( , :0(, =0( and: -[ are common. 3. Make a laughing emotion to express humour and mirth. :D, :-D, XD, X-D and =D are common for laughter. 4. Make a winking face to express playfulness or facetiousness. A semi-colon or asterisk is used for the eyes. ; ), ;-D, ; D and*-D are common. 5. Make a skeptical or annoyed face to express your displeasure or uncertainty. Variations include =/, :-/,=-/ and: - | .