Emodicons?

Hey!
 
I know this site will be defunct soon, but is there a better explanation as to what some of the emodicons are?  I know the first is a smile, the second is a laugh, and the fourth  I suspect is a wink, but I'm not too clear on the rest.   Sometimes I want to use a sad one and I think I'm using the right one, but I'm not sure.  I don't want to piss someone off by using the wrong one like say, a laughing one when I mean for sympathy.
 
John B.

The frown is semicolon open paren, I believe.  :(
 
But the Emoticons you can select from here seem limited. And when this forum goes away so will this selection of Emoticons.
 
 

jamesg1213
= smug git
= made himself laugh
= Ray Charles with a split lip
= just farted, silently
= Spacehopper gone bad
= Sun lamp disaster
= lonely rabbit
= sneezing pea
= McEnroe's tennis ball
= I have no idea
= human fax machine
= surprised owl
= is that pizza on the ceiling?
= lonely bowling ball
 
HTH.

Thanks, James.  These had me ROTFL (wish there was an emodicon for that).
(From the human fax machine) John B.

if you want a proper answer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

pwalpwal
if you want a proper answer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

Thanks.  The problem here (on this site) is they're too small to properly see.
 
Is that pizza on the ceiling?