Caregiver Message Board Smilies

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How can I use smilies?

You've probably seen others use smilies before in email 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 smilies to a graphical representation. For example, if you type [:)] in your journal post, it will automatically be converted to  a smiling face. The following smilies are currently supported:

[:)] square bracket, colon, parenthesis, square bracket
[:((] square bracket, colon, parenthesis, parenthesis, square bracket
[:O] square bracket, colon, uppercase letter O, square bracket
[bounce] square bracket, bounce, square bracket
[:clown] square bracket, colon, clown, square bracket
[:cry] square bracket, colon, cry, square bracket
[}:)] square bracket, curly bracket, colon, parenthesis, square bracket
[:x] square bracket, colon, lowercase letter x, square bracket
[:eek] square bracket, colon, eek, square bracket
[:0] square bracket, colon, number zero, square bracket
[}:] square bracket, curly bracket, colon,  square bracket
[}:] square bracket, curly bracket, colon, square bracket
[:jd] square bracket, colon, jd, square bracket
[:D:D:D] square bracket, colon, uppercase d, colon, uppercase d, colon, uppercase d, square bracket
[:lol] square bracket, colon, lol, square bracket
[:-r] square bracket, colon, hyphen, lowercase R, square bracket
[8-O] square bracket, number eight, hyphen, uppercase O, square bracket
[roll)] square bracket, roll, parenthesis, square bracket
[roll:lol] square bracket, roll, colon, lol, square bracket
[:(] square bracket, colon, parenthesis, square bracket
[:@] square bracket, colon, at sign, square bracket
[Z] square bracket, uppercase Z, square bracket
[:p] square bracket, colon, lowercase P, square bracket
[wave] square bracket, wave, square bracket
[;)] square bracket, semicolon, parenthesis, square bracket
[yum] square bracket, yum, square bracket
[:|] square bracket, colon, pipe (hold shift and press button with\), square bracket
[xo] square bracket, lowercase x, lowercase o, square bracket
[|I] square bracket, pipe (hold shift and press button with\, uppercase I , square bracket
[:rolleyes] square bracket, colon, rolleyes, square bracket


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