You've probably seen others use smilies before in e-mail messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile or a frown . This bulletin board automatically converts certain text to a graphical representation when it is inserted between brackets []. Here are the smilies that are currently supported by British Flat Figure Society:
smile [

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wink [

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cheesy [

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grin [

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angry [

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sad [

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shocked [:0]
cool [

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huh [

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roll eyes [

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tongue [

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embarassed [:-[]
lips sealed [:0]
undecided [

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kiss [

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cry [:'(]