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