:-o Wow! :-c Real unhappy :-| Grim :-C Just totally unbelieving := | Baboon :-B Drooling :-v Speaking :-, Smirk :-V Shout :-|| Anger :-w Speak with forked tongue :-) Smiling :-r Sticking tongue out :-( Frowning :-* Oops! '-) Wink :-T Keeping a straight face ;-) Sardonic incredulity :-D Said with a smile %- Drunk with laughter :-x Kiss kiss :-" Pursing lips :-[ Pouting :-# My lips are sealed :-X A big wet kiss! :-P Tongue hanging out in anticipation :-Y A quiet aside 8-| Eyes wide with surprise >-< Absolutely livid!! &-| Tearful 8-] "Wow, maaan" :^D "Great! I like it!" :-, "Hmmmm" |~( "Someone just busted my nose" B-D "Serves you right, dummy!!" |-{ "Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown?) :-} "Thish wine tashted pretty good" 8-O "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IBM SHARE/Northeast Regional Data Center, Gainsville, Florida/Update, 1985 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary -------------------------------- :-) Your basic smiley; this smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix ;-) Winky smiley; user just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark; more of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smiley :-( Frowning smiley; user did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something :-I Indifferent smiley; better than a frowning smiley but not quite as good as a happy smiley :-> 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 has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight :-F Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing ;-) User is so happy, s/he is crying :<) User is from an Ivy League School +-:-) User is the Pope or holds some other religious office `:-) User shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning O-) Megaton Man On Patrol! (or else, user is a scuba diver) O :-) User is an angel (at heart, at least) :-S User just made an incoherent statement <|-( User is Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes *<:-) User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat K:P User is a little kid with a propeller beenie (-: User is left handed :*) 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 :-7 User just made a wry statement :-* User just ate something sour ;-( User is crying :-@ User is screaming :-# User wears braces :^) User has a broken nose :-& User is tongue tied ,:-) Same thing...other side |-I User is asleep |-O User is yawning/snoring :-Q User is a smoker :-? User smokes a pipe :-P Nyahhhh! :-D User is laughing (at you!) :-X User's lips are sealed :-C User is really bummed <|-) User is Chinese :-/ User is skeptical C=:-) User is a chef @= User is pro-nuclear war :-o Uh oh! (8-o It's Mr. Bill! *:o) And Bozo the Clown! 3:] Pet smiley 3:[ Mean Pet smiley 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 @:-) User is wearing a turban :-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab) :-: Mutant smiley The invisible smiley .-) User only has one eye ,-) Ditto...but he's winking X-( User just died %\v Picasso C=}>;*{O) Mega-Smiley... 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 smileys. :] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend :) Happy :> Hmm, let me think... :D Laughter :I Hmmm, not funny! :( Sad :[ Real downer :< What pretences! :{ Oh boy, the headmaster!... :O Yelling ;( Crying [] Hugs and :* Kisses :-` Smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco :-$ Smiley face with it's mouth wired shut :-6 Smiley after eating something sour :-* Smiley after eating something bitter :-p Smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) =:-( (Real punk rockers don't smile) {:-) Smiley with its hair parted in the middle :-1 Smiley bland face :-! Smiley bland face 8-) Smiley swimmer :-& Smiley which is tongue-tied :-0 Smiley orator (:-( Unsmiley frowning =:-) Smiley punk-rocker +-:-) Smiley priest :-o Smiley singing national anthem :-[ Unsmiley blockhead :-] Smiley blockhead :-{ Smiley variation on a theme :-} Smiley variation on a theme }:-) Above in an updraft g-) Smiley with pince-nez glasses :-\ Undecided smiley :-/ Lefty undecided smiley :-| "Have an ordinary day" smiley ;-) Winking smiley :-< Real sad smiley :-x "My lips are sealed" smiley :-c Bummed out smiley :-v Talking head smiley :-? Smiley smoking a pipe 0-) Smiley cyclops (scuba diver?) :< Midget unsmiley :> Midget smiley :-) Ha ha ~~:-( Net.flame |-) Hee hee |-D Ho ho :-> Hey hey :-( Boo hoo X-( Net.suicide :-I Hmm :-O Uh oh >:-I Net.startrek :-P Nyah nyah 3:o[ Net.pets |-P Yuk Male :- Female >-