Pet Peeves Of Texting

What are emoticons? They are those little things people use in texts, facebook, and twitter, but which ones do people hate the most? Sadly "all of them" wasn't a choice.

Mashable.com put together the list of the most hated emotions. The most hated emoticon is the one I use the most sadly, a colon with a lowercase "p", which looks like someone sticking out their tongue. :p 46% of people say that's their least favorite.

The second-most hated, with 39% of the vote, is the angry face emoticon that's a greater-than sign for angry eyebrows, a colon for eyes, and a left parenthesis for a frown.  >:(

The classic smiley face just a colon and a right parenthesis came in as the third-most hated emoticon, with 8%.  :). I bet Forest Gump would disagree!

And finally, the frowning face a colon and a left parenthesis came in fifth with 2%.  :(

The full story can be found online at:

http://www.switched.com/2010/12/12/emoticon-free-december-parenthetical-purge/