:-) Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or
joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix.
;-) Winky smilie. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark.
More of a "don't hit me for what I just said " smilie.
:-( Frowning smilie. User did not like that last statement or is upset
or depressed about something.
:-I Indifferent smilie. Better than a Frowning smilie but not quite as
good as a happy smilie
:-> User just made a really biting sarcastic remark. Worse than a :-).
>:-> User just made a really devilish remark.
>;-> Winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made.
Those are the basic ones...Here are some somewhat less common ones:
(-: User is left handed
%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight
:*) User is drunk
[:] User is a robot
8-) User is wearing sunglasses
B:-) Sunglasses on head
::-) User wears normal glasses
B-) User wears horn-rimmed glasses
8:-) User is a little girl
:-)-8 User is a Big girl
:-{) User has a mustache
:-{} User wears lipstick
{:-) User wears a toupee
}:-( Toupee in an updraft
:-[ User is a Vampire
:-E Bucktoothed vampire
:-F Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing
:-7 User juust made a wry statement
:-* User just ate something sour
:-)~ User drools
:-~) User has a cold
:'-( User is crying
:'-) User is so happy, s/he is crying
:-@ User is screaming
:-# User wears braces
:^) User has a broken nose
:v) User has a broken nose, but it's the other way
:_) User's nose is sliding off of his face
:<) User is from an Ivy League School
:-& User is tongue tied.
=:-) User is a hosehead
-:-) User is a punk rocker
-:-( (real punk rockers don't smile)
:=) User has two noses
+-:-) User is the Pope or holds some other religious office
`:-) User shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning
,:-) Same thing...other side
|-I User is asleep
|-O User is yawning/snoring
:-Q User is a smoker
:-? User smokes a pipe
O-) Megaton Man On Patrol! (or else, user is a scuba diver)
O :-) User is an angel (at heart, at least)
:-P Nyahhhh!
:-S User just made an incoherent statement
:-D User is laughing (at you!)
:-X User's lips are sealed
:-C User is really bummed
<|-) User is Chinese
<|-( User is Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes
:-/ User is skeptical
C=:-) User is a chef
@= User is pro-nuclear war
*<:-) User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat
:-o Uh oh!
(8-o It's Mr. Bill!
3:] Pet smilie
3:[ Mean Pet smilie
d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.
E-:-) User is a Ham radio operator
:-9 User is licking his/her lips
%-6 User is braindead
[:-) User is wearing a walkman
(:I User is an egghead
<:-I User is a dunce
K:P User is a little kid with a propeller beenie
@:-) User is wearing a turban
:-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab)
:-: Mutant Smilie
The invisible smilie
.-) User only has one eye
,-) Ditto...but he's winking
X-( User just died
8 :-) User is a wizard
C=}>;*{)) Mega-Smilie... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft,
a mustache, and a double chin
Note: A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smilies.
:) Midget smilie
:] Gleep...a friendly midget smilie who will gladly be your friend
=) Variation on a theme...
:} What should we call these? (what?)
:) Happy
:> what?
:@ what?
:D Laughter
:I Hmmm...
:( Sad
:[ Real Downer
:< what?
:{ what?
:O Yelling
:C what?
:Q what?
:,( Crying
[] Hugs and
:* Kisses
|I Asleep
|^o Snoring
:-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-1 smiley bland face
:-@ smiley face screaming
:-#| smiley face with bushy mustache
:-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut
:-% smiley banker
:-6 smiley after eating something sour
:^) smiley with pointy nose (righty)
:-7 smiley after a wry statement
8-) smiley swimmer
:-* smiley after eating something bitter
:-& smiley which is tongue-tied
:-0 smiley orator
smiley invisible man
(:-( unsmiley frowning
(:-) smiley big-face
):-) smiley big-face
):-( unsmiley big-face
)8-) scuba smiley big-face
=:-) smiley punk-rocker
=:-( (real punk rockers don't smile)
+:-) smiley priest
:-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose
:-e disappointed smiley
:-t cross smiley
:-i semi-smiley
:-o smiley singing national anthem
:-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)
:-[ un-smiley blockhead
:-] smiley blockhead
:-{ smiley variation on a theme
:-} ditto
{:-) smiley with its hair parted in the middle
}:-) above in an updraft
:-a lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
:-s smiley after a BIZARRE comment
:-d lefty smiley razzing you
g-) smiley with ponce-nez glasses
:-j left smiling smilely
:-k beats me, looks like something, tho.
:-l y. a. s.
:-: mutant smiley
:-\ undecided smiley
:-| "have an ordinary day" smiley
;-) winking smiley
:-< real sad smiley
:-> y.a.s.
:-z y.a.c.s.
:-x "my lips are sealed" smiley
:-c bummed out smiley
:-v talking head smiley
:v) left-pointing nose smiley
:-b left-pointing tongue smiley
:-/ lefty undecided smiley
:-? smilely smoking a pipe
.-] one-eyed smilely
,-} wry and winking
0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)
:-=) older smiley with mustache
:u) smiley with funny-looking left nose
:n) smiley with funny-looking right nose
:< midget unsmiley
:> midget smiley
}:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with
a double-chin
:-) ha ha ~~:-( net.flame
|-) hee hee O |-) net.religion
|-D ho ho
:-> hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards
:-( boo hoo X-( net.suicide
:-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio
:-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek
:-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets
|-P yuk
:-} beard
:-{ mustache
:-# braces
:-X bow tie
:-Q smoker
<:I dunce
(:I egghead
@:I turban
8-) glasses
B-) horn-rims
8:-) glasses on forehead
:-8( condescending stare
;-) wink
>:-< mad
Drama :-( Comedy :-) Surpise :-o Suspense 8-|
Male :- Female >-
Birth |-O Death 8-#
Infinity 8
EMOTIONS:
Basic Positive Emotions:
:-) yer standard smiley face
:-> alternate mouth
:^) alternate nose...
(:-) smiley big-face
):-) smiley big-face
:-D said with a smile
8-| eyes wide with surprise
:-o wow!
:-v speaking
:-, smirk
|-) laughing
|-D laughing
:-P tongue hanging out in anticipation
M:-) saluting (symbol of respect)
$-) just won the lottery or winning big at Las Vegas
Kiss, Kiss!
P-) getting fresh
;-) getting fresh (2)
:-x kiss kiss
:-X a big wet kiss!
(:-* kiss...
Wink, Wink...
;-) wink ( take this message with a grain of salt)
,-} wry and winking
:-7 after a wry statement
9-) wink, left
6-) wink, right
Basic Non-Committal Emotions:
:-\ undecided
:-i semi-smiley
:-/ lefty undecided smiley
|-) asleep (boredom)
|I asleep (boredom)
:-| &qout;have an ordinary day" smiley
:-I puzzled
:-T keeping a straight face
{} a 'no comment' message
:-# submitter's lips are sealed
:-x &qout;my lips are sealed" smiley
:-P has a secret to tell you
:-Y a quiet aside
M-),:X),:-M sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil
Basic Unhappiness:
:-( yer standard frowning face
):-( unsmiley big-face
:-O worried
:-o shocked
:-C just totally unbelieving
:-V shout
:-[ pouting
&.(.. crying
---...--- - S.O.S
:-w speak with forked tongue
:-r sticking tongue out
&-| tearful
:-c real unhappy
:-| grim
:-P sticking out tongue (symbol of disrespect)
:-o shocked
:-(O) yelling
:~( has had his nose put out of joint
:-@ screaming
:-< real sad
:-* oops!
:-c bummed out
:-e disappointed
(:-( unsmiley frowning
:-8( condescending stare
(:-# message concerning something that shouldnt have been said...
:-d lefty smiley razzing you
(:-\ VERY sad...
(:-... heart-breaking message...
:-t cross
:-< same
Anger:
>:-< mad
(:-& angry...
:-8( has condescending stare
:-@ extremely angry
>-< absolutely livid!!
:-|| anger
|-O bored by the article that you submitted
>:-( sick and tired of reading this nonsense
~:-( particularly angry
:-] expressing biting sarcasm
:-[ expressing biting criticism
Illness:
(:-$ ill...
:-(*) sick of recent netnews and is about to vomit
:-( has read too many 'smiley' articles
:-{~ read too many toilet paper articles before lunch
:-'| has a cold
:-R has the flu
%') just finished a fifth of lunch
Overwork/Overparty Emotions:
:*) drunk
:-& tongue-tied
#-) partied all night
8-O has taken too many nodoz to work on thesis
|-( late night messages
%-) has been staring at the terminal for 36 hours
:-* just ate a sour pickle
Personality Traits:
|:-| excessively rigid
(:I egghead
<:I dunce
=:-) a hosehead
O:-) face with halo- acting very innocent
<:-) dumb questions
:-[ un-smiley blockhead
:-] blockhead
<:-) conehead
I:-) blockhead
*8=(: blubbering idiot
:-D talks too much
(:<) blabber mouth
(:-D blabber mouth
:-% talking out of both sides of mouth
APPEARANCE:
Facial Hair of All Varieties:
(:-) bald
|:-) has heavy eyebrows
:-} has beard
:-% has beard
:-)} has goatee/beard
:-@ beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso
(:-{~ a message from a person with a beard
:-{ has mustache
:-{) has moustache
:-#| bushy mustache
:-=) older smiley with mustache
%-) with long bangs
(-) needing a haircut
{:-) hair parted in the middle
}:-) above in an updraft
&:-) message from a person with curly hair
@:-) message from a person with wavy hair
{:-) has new hair style
{:-{)} has new hair style, mustache and beard
-:-) sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
=:-) long hair
3:-) curly hair
[:-) flattop
#:-) crewcut
?:-) wavy hair, parted on right
*:-) electric hair
{(:-) wearing toupee
}(:-( wearing toupee in wind
{{-}}} a refugee from the '60's
Clothing, Glasses, Etc.
(:-|K- formal message
:-)8 well dressed
:-X has bow tie
g-) ponce-nez glasses
::-) wears glasses
(8-) message from a person wearing glasses...
8-) wears glasses
B-) wears horn-rims
8:-) wears glasses on forehead
B-)-[< wearing sunglasses and swimming trunk
%-) message about people with broken glasses
R-) has broken glasses
8-) wears glasses
B-) wears sunglasses
B-| wearing cheap sunglasses
%-) crossed-eyed
'-) only has a left eye, which is closed
.-] one-eyed smilely
.-) has one eye
?-( about people with a black eye
':-) shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning
@:I wears turban
\:-) wears a french hat
d:-) baseball player (hat on sideways)
+(:-) propeller beanie
[:-) listening to walkman thingy
Mouths:
:-v talking head
:-$ face with it's mouth wired shut
:-9 licking it's lips
:-B drooling
:-)' tends to drool
:-6 after eating something sour
:-* after eating something bitter
:-q trying to touch its tongue to its nose
:-a lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
:-o singing national anthem
:-7 talks out of side of mouth
:-{} wears lipstick
:-# has been punched in the mouth
:-b left-pointing tongue smiley
:-&qout; pursing lips
:-(=) message about people with big teeth
:-# has braces
:-{#} messages teasing people about their braces
:-E has major dental problems
Smokers:
:-G- smokes cigarettes
:-Q smoker
:-p~ smokes heavily
:-d~ smokes heavily
~p
:-) pipe smoker
:-? smilely smoking a pipe
:-Z tobacco chewer
:-7 tobacco chewer, getting ready to spit
:-` spitting out chewing tobacco
Noses:
:~) has ugly nose (needs nose job)
:u) funny-looking left nose
:>) has big nose
:n) funny-looking right nose
:~) pointy nose (righty)
:v) left-pointing nose
:^| broken nose
(:^( message concerning people with broken noses
:^) messages teasing people about their noses
(:+) has a big nose...
:=) has two noses
:%)% has acne
Male & Female:
8:-) a little girl
:-)-}8 a big girl
O>-<|= messages of interest to women
o>8<|= messages about interesting women
(:-) : 8- male
(:-) : -8 male on the make
(8-( : -8 masked rapist
(:-[ : 8- male sadist
(:-] : 8- male masochist
*:-} 8 * female
*:-} 8 O female on the make
*:-} 8 0 female wearing chastity belt
*:-} 8 8- transvestite
(:-) : 8=== John Holmes
$:-} 8 * female prostitute
$:-) : 8- male prostitute
[:-) : * gay female (butch)
*:-} : 8- gay male (fem)
/\
*:-} * big momma
\/
(:-) ? has had a sex change
Other Appearance:
:-))) very overweight
~:o baby
:-: mutant
[:-] a message concerning a square head
:< midget unsmiley
:> midget
invisible man
C:-) has large brain capacity
%-~ painted by Picasso
ETHNICITY:
=0== message about mexican on a railroad!
=t== message about mexican run over by train
>|-> message from China...
<|-)= chinese
<|-(= chinese and doesn't like this article
|-) chinese
_:^) Indian
@:-) Indian (East)
*\:-) Scottish
<:-) Vietnamese peasant (unlikely)
](-[3 Viking
(-: Australian
:<() African tribesman
>:^( headhunter (Amazon style)
I8${} Ubangi - bone in nose
X8-{} Ubangi's wife
*8-O Ubangi's child
i:o Ubangi's baby
HOBBIES & OCCUPATIONS:
+<:-| message from a monk/nun...
:-0 orator
8-) swimmer
:-% banker
*(H-) downhill skier
=:-) punk-rocker
=:-#} punk with a mustache....
>B=) punk rocker
=:-( (real punk rockers don't smile)
Y
:-) 8 plays guitar
Y
:-) O plays banjo
(:)-) scuba diver
0-) wearing scuba mask
8=:-) a chef
<<<<(:-) message from a hat sales-man...
(:>-< message from a thief: hands up!
0-) an arc-welder
(o:v) coal miner
O:v)>--o doctor
CD:-)> railroad engineer
:-)W:-) barber
+<||-) knight
AT THE ZOO:
:= | baboon
:=8) baboon
d8= eager beaver
pq`#' bull
~M`'~ camel
}:-< cat
__Q~`__ cat
) the Cheshire cat
3:-o cow
pp# cow
:3-< dog
6\/) the elephant submitter
}. elephant
`\
(O--< fishy message
>-^);> fish
8) frog
B) frog who is wearing sunglasses
8P bullfrog and it's mating season
:-[ ] shark (jaws of doom)
8:] gorilla
:8) pig
::) pig
3:*> Rudolph the reindeer
|) salamander
~~~~~8} snake
:<= walrus
:V woodpecker
FAMOUS PEOPLE:
B-) Batman
C=:-) The Galloping Gourmet
8=:-K The Sweedish Chef
:-o Mr. Bill
#:o+= Betty Boop
>:*) Bozo the Clown
*:o) Bozo the Clown
*:O) Bozo the Clown
:-))) William Conrad
>>-O-> Gen. Custer
:/7) Cyrano de Bergerac
{8<> Daffy Duck
]:-) The Devil
8(:-) Walt Disney
7:-) Fred Flintstone
[8-] Frankenstein
8(:-)-3 Annette Funicello
{:^=( Hitler
X:-) Aunt Jemima
K:-) Aunt Jemima's sister
- Helen Keller
=|:-) Abe Lincoln
(D:-] General Patton
%-~ Picasso
%-^ Picasso
+O:-) The Pope
:-\ Popeye
5:-) Elvis Presley
\
8-] FDR
=):-) Uncle Sam
O==):-{ Uncle Sam
*<|:-) Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
8+() Tina Turner
:-[ vampire
:-E vampire with buck teeth
4:-) George Washington
NOT-SO-FAMOUS PEOPLE:
-=#:-) has wizard status
$-) a yuppie
Q:-) a new grad
b-) pirate (with eye patch)
L:-) just graduated
:<| attends an Ivy League school
(: (=| going to be a ghost for Halloween...
=:-H plays for NFL
(V)=| a pacman champion
o-) a cyclops
@-) a cyclops
*-( a cyclops who got poked in the eye
B-{= vampire
NET.USERS:
~~:-( subscribes to alt.flame
O |-) subscribes to soc.religion
8 :-I subscribes to comp.unix-wizards
X-( subscribes to soc.suicide
E-:-I subscribes to rec.ham-radio
>:-I subscribes to rec.startrek
3:o[ subscribes to rec.pets
- @= messages about nuclear war
(:-) messages dealing with bicycle helmets
__. has been properly chastised, or is merely asleep
O-(==< has been chastised, or is merely asleep
===:[OO']>:=== feels he/she has been railroaded
;^? has punched out for submitting sexist article
*-) was shot for the last posting
i-=<***i CAUTION: poster has flame thrower
i-=<******o-(==< ...and uses it! (alternately, i-=<*** __. )
~~~\8-O needs to fix frayed cord on terminal
\/\/\/\,8-O really should fix frayed line cord on terminal
M:-< just had a bad experience with &qout;rm"...
MULTI-LINE AND OBSCURE SMILEYS:
O-S-< a message from a person in a hurry
O-Z-< a message from a person in a big hurry
O-&-< a message from a person who is doing nothing
O-G-< a message concerning oneself
*:* message about fuzzy things
*:** message about fuzzy people with a fuzzy mustache
(-: left-handed
oo somebody's head-lights are on messages
._) suffers from Lorentz contraction
<:-)<<| message from a space rocket...
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