Smilies are small graphical icons which you can insert into your messages to convey an emotion or feeling, such as a joke or embarrassment. For example, if you entered a sarcastic comment, rather than type 'that was a joke', you could simply insert the 'wink' smilie. Here is a list of all available Smilies:
Code Meaning Smilie
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If you want to disable a Smilie in your Post you can use the 'Deactivate Smilies' Option in your Message. Then ;) will not changed into a graphic Smilie!