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.
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Widely used Smileys
( -: 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.
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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.
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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).
: -` User spitting out its chewing tobacco.
: -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 smiley.
3:[ Mean Pet smiley.
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 smiley; the invisible smiley.
. -) User only has one eye.
, -) Ditto...but he´s winking.
X-( User just died.
8 : -) User is a wizard.
-=* : -) User is a TeX wizard.
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Midget Smileys
A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smileys.
: ) Midget smiley.
: ] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley 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.
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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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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
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Emotional Smileys
: -) ha ha
|-) hee hee
|-D ho ho
: -> hey hey
: -( boo hoo
: -I hmmm
: -O oops
: -P nyahhhh
