Similar in structure to the Pirate emoticon "P )" the emo emoticon replaces the colon and semi-colon in a standard emoticon with a capital "F" representing the cliche half covered face of an emo kid.

Since emo kids generally don't express many emotions other than despair, bleakness, rage, or indifference their emoticons therefore lack variety.

Since emo kids are never happy the happiest form of an emo emoticon is as follows:

F |

The standard indifferent form is: F /

Finally, the following characters should not be used when typing an emo emoticon since it would be contradictory to their nature: "P" ")" "]" "D" "O"