See Table 1 for a list of the most commonly used emoticons. There are
whole books about smileys for those who are interested, including the
enjoyable Smiley Dictionary
by Seth Godin.
When you really want to run off at the keyboard -- but you want your
readers to know that you know that you're not expressing yourself in
your usual measured, reasoned manner -- you need to let them know
that you know that you're flaming. So before you begin your rant, simply enter the words FLAME ON. Then rant away. When you're done,
write FLAME OFF and resume normal discourse. See "The Art of
Flaming" on
page 71 for more details.