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Basic Smileys

:-) Your basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over e-mail.
;-) 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 :-( but not quite as good as a :-).
:-> 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.

Widely used Smileys

(-: User is left handed. B-) User wears horn-rimmed glasses.
%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight. 8:-) User is a little girl.
:*) User is drunk. :-)-8 User is a Big girl.
[:] User is a robot. :-{) User has a mustache.
8-) User is wearing sunglasses. :-{} User wears lipstick.
B:-) Sunglasses on head. {:-) User wears a toupee.
::-) User wears normal glasses. }:-( Toupee in an updraft.
:-[ User is a vampire. :^) User has a broken nose.
:-E Bucktoothed vampire. :v) User has a broken nose, but it's the other way.
:-F Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing. :_) User's nose is sliding off of his face.
:-7 User juust made a wry statement. :<) User is from an Ivy League School.
:-* User just ate something sour. :-& User is tongue tied.
:-)~ User drools. =:-) User is a hosehead.
:-~) User has a cold. -:-) User is a punk rocker.
:'-( User is crying. -:-( Real punk rockers don't smile.
:'-) User is so happy, s/he is crying. :=) User has two noses.
:-@ User is screaming. +-:-) User is the Pope or holds some other religious office.
:-# User wears braces. `:-) User shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning.
|-I User is asleep. ,:-) Same thing...other side.
|-O User is yawning/snoring. *<:-) User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat.
:-Q User is a smoker. :-o Uh oh!
:-? User smokes a pipe. 3:] Pet smiley.
O-) Megaton Man On Patrol! (or else, user is a scuba diver) (8-o It's Mr. Bill!
O :-) User is an angel (at heart, at least). *:o) And Bozo the Clown!
:-` User spitting out its chewing tobacco. 3:[ Mean Pet smiley.
:-S User just made an incoherent statement. d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.
:-D User is laughing (at you!) E-:-) User is a Ham radio operator.
:-X User's lips are sealed. :-9 User is licking his/her lips.
:-C User is really bummed. %-6 User is braindead.
<|-) User is Chinese. [:-) User is wearing a walkman.
<|-( User is Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes. (:I User is an egghead.
:-/ User is skeptical. <:-I User is a dunce.
C=:-) User is a chef. K:P User is a little kid with a propeller beenie.
@= User is pro-nuclear war. @:-) User is wearing a turban.
:-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab) .-) User only has one eye.
:-: Mutant smiley; the invisible smiley. ,-) Ditto...but he's winking.
X-( User just died. 8 :-) User is a wizard.
-=* :-) User is a TeX wizard.    

Midget Smileys

A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smileys.

:* Kisses. |I Asleep.
[] Hugs and ... :Q What?
:O Yelling. :C What?
:,( Crying. :{ What?
:( Sad. :[ Real Downer.
:I Hmmm.. :D Laughter.
:> What? :@ What?
:} What should we call these? (what?) :) Happy.
=) Variation on a theme... :] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend.
:) Midget smiley. ^o Snoring.

Usenet Smileys

In some Usenet articles you might also find these smileys which form a certain

"dialect" developed and used in this most creative environment.

~~:-( Net.flame O |-) Net.religion
8 :-I Net.unix-wizards X-( Net.suicide
E-:-I Net.ham-radio    
Emotional Smileys

:-) ha ha |-) hee hee
|-D ho ho :-> hey hey
:-( boo hoo :-I hmmm
:-O oops :-P nyahhhh!

"The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on."

--- Jone's Law

"Standing on head makes smile of frown,

but rest of face also upside down."
--- Fortune cookie

Mega Smileys

C=}>;*{)) A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin. }:^#}) Updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin.

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