Emoticon Etiquette

Just very quickly, while I'm still thinking about it:

:) or :-) is a smiley face.
:( or :-( is a frowny face.
;) or ;-) is a wink.
:P is sticking your tongue out at me.

I have a business associate who INSISTS on using the following for her smiley face emoticon:

=D

Why this bothers me so much, I don't know. But seriously, whose eyeballs look like that?

And I promise you, on no IM program is "=D" the hotkey for a smiley face.

-10-key princess