THE UNOFFICIAL SMILEY DICTIONARY [IMAGE] * Basic Smileys * Widely used Smileys * Midget Smileys * Mega Smileys * Usenet Smileys * Emotional Smileys This Unofficial Smiley Dictionary is only one of many different collections by various "editors" you'll come across at many places on the Net, e.g. you can get "The-Smiley-File" from gopher.world.std.com; and even a complete booklet has been written on smileys and is available as: David W. Sanderson (ed.), Smileys, O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA. 93 pages. ISBN 1-56592-041-4. Price $5.95 (US). ========================================================================= eeg_287.html#SEC288 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ========================================================================= eeg_288.html#SEC289 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ::-) 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). :-` 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! *:o) And Bozo the Clown! 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. ========================================================================= eeg_289.html#SEC290 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ========================================================================= eeg_290.html#SEC291 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ========================================================================= eeg_291.html#SEC292 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ========================================================================= eeg_292.html#SEC293 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ========================================================================= major-smiley-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the Smileys in the Known Universe >[:^) "Watches too much TV" ::-b|d-:: person with glasses sticking out tongue at mirror =[8]-O Spaceman Spiff preparing to land .!!!, lion hand []:-{o barbershop quartet singer <*(:-? wizard who doesn't know the answer ,,,^..^,,, cat peeking over a fence (note claws) #:o\:o/:o\:o/:o|| totem pole (:-O ==> Rush Limbaugh (note loud tie) (Z(:^P Napoleon *-=|8-D clown :-8p Dizzy Gillespie (puffed cheeks and trumpet) IIIIII8^)X the Cat in the Hat `,`,`,`,`:| Mrs. Frankenstein `@_____ snail mail `\=o-o=/' eye glasses oO:)& a grandmother /\/:/\ mummy ())=( wine glass #!^~/ "kissy" profile: hair (a la Archie Andrews), shades, nose, smooch, chin <0__/\__/\_ worm -( always should wear safety glasses, especially in the laser burn-in room [entropy@fluke.UUCP] !-( black eye !-| "I-am-a-Cylon-Centurian-with-one-red-eye-bouncing-back-and-forth." [The Grey Wolf] !.'v (profile) flat top !|:-( ) being brained by a baseball bat [David J. Rood] #(,'%/) slept too long on one side and didn't have time to wash hair [David J. Rood] #-) partied all night #:-) "Everything you know is wrong" [RICHH] #:-) for people whose hair is in a mess, like mine [Richard Treitel, ] #:-) smiley done by someone with matted hair [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] #:-o "Jesus built my hotrod" [RICHH] #:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) [Lynn Gold, figmo@lll-crg] #:-o smiley done by someone with matted hair #:o+= Betty Boop $$ for academic jobs [Richard Treitel, ] $$$ for industrial jobs [Richard Treitel, ] $$$$ for people starting up their own company [Richard Treitel, ] $-) Alex P. Keaton (from "Family Ties") $-) won big at Las Vegas $-) won the lottery $-) yuppie % for bike accidents (a bit far-fetched, I suppose) [Richard Treitel, ] %') after drinking a fifth for lunch %*@:-( hung over %*} very drunk [jeanette@randvax] %+{ lost a fight %-( confusion [Bob Peirce] %-(I) laughing out loud %-) Elephant man %-) after staring at the terminal for 36 hours %-) broken glasses %-) cross-eyed %-) drunk with laughter %-) long bangs %-6 braindead %- drunk with laughter %-\ hungover %-^ Picasso %-{ sad variation %-| been working all night %-} humor variation %-~ Picasso %\v Picasso &-| tearful &.(.. crying &:-) curly hair '-) one eyed man '-) only has a left eye, which is closed '-) wink ':-) accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning ':-) one eyebrow '~;E unspecified 4-legged critter ( unhappy Cheshire cat [David J. Rood] ( o ) ( o ) hooters (!) reference to non-Vanderbilt SEC football [David J. Rood] ($) speculation on why Vanderbilt is in the SEC [David J. Rood] () reference to football [David J. Rood] (,'%/) slept too long on one side [David J. Rood] (-) needing a haircut (-) needs a haircut (-.-) Zzz... sleeping [Kei Okano] (-: Australian (-: Don Ellis from Tektronix (-: left-handed (-::-) Siamese twins (-:|:-) Siamese twins (-E: wearing bifocals [jeanette@randvax] (-_-) secret smile (-o-) Imperial Tie Fighter ("Star Wars") (.)(.) big boobs, little nipples [David Gundlach] (00) mooning you (8-) wears glasses (8-o Mr. Bill (8-{)} glasses, moustache and a beard (: (=| wearing a ghost costume (:)-) likes to scuba dive (:)-) scuba diving (:+) big nose (:- unsmiley frowning (:-# I am smiling and I have braces (watch out for the glare!) (:-# said something he shouldn't have (:-$ ill (:-$ ill-informed about the Renaissance [RICHH] (:-& Rosicrucian [RICHH] (:-& angry (:-( Sting [RICHH] (:-( frowning (:-( unsmiley frowning (:-) "I never sang for my grandfather" [RICHH] (:-) big-face (:-) no hair (:-) smiley big-face (:-) surprised (:-) wearing bicycle helmet (:-* kissing (:-... heart-broken (:-D blabber mouth (:-I egghead (:-\ VERY sad (:-{~ bearded (:-|K- formally attired (:<) Rastafari [RICHH] (:<) blabber mouth (:=) TWO noses (?) (:>-< thief: hands up! (:I egghead (:^( Jack Nicholson in Chinatown [RICHH] (:^( broken nose (@ @) You're kidding! (H f Robocop in a hydraulic press [David J. Rood] (O--< fishy (V)=| pacman champion (X0||) double hamburger with lettuce and tomato [David J. Rood] ([( Robocop (^^)y-~~~ smoking [Kei Okano] (o)(o) big boobs, big nipples [David Gundlach] (x) reference to Vanderbilt football [David J. Rood] (|-| F Robocop [David J. Rood] (}-8] left-handed bearded smiley with glasses and headphones [Dave Straker] ) Cheshire cat )8-) scuba smiley big-face ):-( unsmiley big-face ):-) smiley big-face *!#*!^*&:-) a schizophrenic ** for winter sports generally [Richard Treitel, ] **-( too many shocks [David J. Rood] *-( Cyclops got poked in the eye *-) shot dead *8-) Beaker (the Muppet lab assistant) [James Cameron] *:* fuzzy *:** fuzzy with a fuzzy mustache *:o) Bozo the Clown *<.'v (profile) wearing snow cap *<8-)X party outfit with hat and bow-tie [Andrew Williams] *<:-) Santa Claus *<|:-) Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho) *<|:-)) Santa Claus *L* blotto *| for oh what a beautiful sunset [Richard Treitel, ] +-(:-) Religious leader +-(:-) the Pope +-:-) priest +:-) priest +:-) smiley priest +<.'v (profile) knight +<:-) "Peace be upon you, my children..." [Ben Cranston, zben@umd2] +<:-| monk/nun +<||-) knight +O:-) the Pope ,-) one eye ... and winking ,-) other eyed man ,-} wry and winking ,.'v (profile) has short hair ,:-) David Ogden Stiers' toupee [David J. Rood] ,:-) shaved his left eyebrow off this morning - Helen Keller - @= messages about nuclear war - -:-( punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) (alternate version) - -:-) punk rocker (alternate version) -) Jose Feliciano ---... SOS (variant) ---...--- SOS (really OSO, but retained anyway) -/- stirring up trouble [James Blustein] -:) has mohawk [soania@ac.dal.ca] -:-( punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) -:-) has mohawk -:-) punk rocker -= a doused candle (to end a flame) -=#:-) wizard ->- for airline tickets going cheap [Richard Treitel, ] ->=:-)X Zippy the Pinhead [Dyon Anniballi, dyon@batcomputer] .'! (profile) grim .'" (profile) pursing lips .'J (profile) smiling .'P (profile) sticking tongue out .'T (profile) keeping a straight face .'U (profile) yawning .'V (profile) shouting .'Y (profile) whistling .'\ (profile) frowning .'r (profile) sticking tongue out .'v (profile) talking .'w (profile) speaking with forked tongue .-( always should wear safety glasses [Terrence Mason, entropy@fluke] .-) Sammy Davis, Jr. .-) one eye .-] one eye ...---... ABBA fan [RICHH] ...---... SOS .....( Wile E. Coyote after attempt on Road Runner's life [David J. Rood] .\/ duck variation .^v (profile) pointy nose ._) suffering from Lorentz contraction (they're coming every ten minutes now ) ._) suffering from Lorentz contractions /8^{~ hair line, glasses, moustache, and goatee [James Revell] /:-| Mr. Spock /;-) has one big thick cockeyed eyebrow [jeanette@randvax] /\ for camping and backpacking [Richard Treitel, ] 0-( scuba diver with a broken mask 0-) Cyclops 0-) arc-welder 0-) scuba diver 0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?) 0:-) angel [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] 2B|^2B "Forty Seconal should suffice" [RICHH] 2B|^2B message about Shakespeare 3 :-) Bart Simpson [Liron Lightwood] 3:*> Rudolph the reindeer 3:-o cow 3:[ mean pet smiley 3:] pet smiley 3:o[ net.pets 4:-) George Washington 5:-) Elvis Presley 6\/) elephant 7:) Ronald Reagan 7:-) Fred Flintstone 7:^] Ronald Reagan 8 infinity 8 :-) wizard 8 :-I net.unix-wizards 8(:-) Mousketeer 8(:-) Walt Disney 8) frog 8*) glasses and a moustache [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] 8-# death 8-) "I was the second gunman" [RICHH] 8-) excited 8-) glasses 8-) sunglasses 8-) swimmer 8-) wide-eyed look [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] 8-* just ate a hot pepper 8-O "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?) 8-O took too many nodoz to work on thesis 8-O --* just before doubling over with pain [David Gundlach] 8-P reaction to College Cafeteria Coffee [The Grey Wolf] 8-S sees all evil [David J. Rood] 8-] "wow, maaan" 8-o Mr. Bill 8-| eyes wide with surprise 8-| suspense 8:) pig [The Grey Wolf] 8:-) glasses on forehead 8:-) little girl 8:] gorilla 8=:-) Galloping Gourmet 8=:-) chef 8===> dickhead 8P bullfrog in mating season 8^ chicken [jeanette@randvax] 8_) don't get your nose out of joint [Andrew Williams] 8b bullfrog in mating season : ) leper :###) Jimmy Durante :$) Donald Trump :%) an accountant :%)% has acne :'( crying [Bob Peirce] :'-( crying :'-) crying with happiness :'O Bob Hope [Charles J. Lord] :'} Richard Nixon [Charles J. Lord] :( frowning [Bob Peirce] :( sad :(=) Jimmy Carter [Jon Stewart-Taylor] :) Cheshire cat smile :) happy :) midget smiley :) salamander :* kisses :*) Ed McMahon :*) drunk :*) drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated before or while reading netnews :*) everyman :*) smile with moustache [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] :+( punched nose, hurt :+) Carl Friedrich Gauss :,( crying :- male :- prolog programmer [Jeff Winslow, jeffw@midas.UUCP] :-! bland face :-! smiley bland face :-" heavy smoker :-" pursing lips :-# braces :-# mouth zipped :-# my lips are sealed :-# punched in the mouth :-#| bushy mustache :-#| smiley face with bushy mustache :-$ "These braces sure do hurt!" [David J. Rood] :-$ mouth wired shut :-$ sellout (does NOT rhyme with zealot!) [David J. Rood] :-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut :-$ uncertainty :-% banker :-% bearded :-% smiley banker :-% talking out of both sides of mouth :-& tongue-tied :-' smoker :-'| has a cold :-( "I will start with those you love most" [RICHH] :-( Drama :-( boo hoo :-( frowning :-( has read too many 'smiley' articles :-( mad :-( sad :-( sad face, 'that comment makes me sad (mad)' :-( un-smiley :-( 8==o can't get it up [Crunchy Frog] :-( ) You backed your car over my toe :-( :- impotent (or let down) [David Gundlach] :-( ) You stepped on my toe :-( : - small-breasted female [Crunchy Frog] :-( :-( :-( :-! Taylor Caldwell [David J. Rood] :-() I stubbed my toe :-(*) sick of netnews articles, about to vomit :-(0) yelling :-(=) big teeth :-(>~ "I just washed my goatee, and I can't do nuthin' with it." [David J. Rood] :-(O) yelling :-) "We are all, each of us, alone" [RICHH] :-) Comedy :-) Your basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix. :-) ha ha :-) happy :-) humorous :-) smiley standard :-) smiling :-) the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh' :-) , outie belly button :-) . innie belly button :-) 8 Dolly Parton :-) < slut :-) < ... :-) < ... :-) < ... nymphomaniac :-) > celibate :-) -8 blue balls [David Gundlach] :-) -: smiley with an erection [David Gundlach] :-) -^-: in need of some corrective surgery [David Gundlach] :-) :-... taking a leak [David Gundlach] :-) )-: masking theatrical comments :-) *=====8 Long Dong Silver [Richard Myint] :-) --- John Holmes :-) ... :-( ... :-) ... :-( ... manic depressive :-) 8 - female [David Gundlach] :-) :-( :-| :-? Edgar Cayce [David J. Rood] :-) :-) :-) loud guffaw :-) :-) :-) :-) Shirley MacLaine [David J. Rood] :-)!!! Sam Kinnison :-)' drooling :-)) double chin :-))) William Conrad :-))) very overweight :-)* speaks Esperanto [Jon Stewart-Taylor] :-)-- 98-pound weakling :-)-8 big girl :-)-O smiling doctor with stethoscope :-)-{8 big girl :-)-}8 big girl :-)8 man with bowtie :-)8 well dressed :-)== Arnold Schwarzenegger :-)X wearing a bowtie :-)} has goatee/beard :-)~ drooling :-* Oops! :-* Oops! (covering mouth with hand) :-* after eating something bitter or sour :-, "Hmmmm." :-, smirking :--) Jamie Farr (Klinger from M*A*S*H) :------------) big liar :-.) Madonna [Jayanth N. Anantharaman] :-.) Marilyn Monroe [Jayanth N. Anantharaman] :-/ lefty undecided smiley :-/ skeptical :-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab) :-0 orator :-0 smiley orator :-0 user can't find shift key :-0==8 oral sex [Crunchy Frog] :-1 bland face :-1 smiley bland face :-6 after eating something sour :-6 smiley after eating something sour :-7 smiley after a wry statement :-7 smokes a pipe :-7 talking out of side of mouth :-7 wry face :-8 talking out both sides of your mouth :-8( condescending stare :-9 licking its lips :-9 smiley licking it's lips :-: mutant :-: mutant smiley :-: toothless :-< frowning :-< moustache :-< real sad :-< real sad smiley :-=) Adolph Hitler :-=) older smiley with mustache :-> biting sarcastic face :-> deformed lips :-> happy :-> hey hey :-> yet another smiley :->X==| smiley formalware [Peter da Silva] :-? smiley smoking a pipe :-? smoking a pipe :-? tongue in cheek [Ross Johnson] :-@ "I swear" :-@ beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso. :-@ extremely angry :-@ screaming :-@ smiley face screaming :-@ swearing :-B drooling :-C just totally unbelieving :-C really bummed out :-D "I am wearing garters" [RICHH] :-D big smile :-D laughing (at you!) :-D said with a smile :-D talking too much :-D wider happy face [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] :-E bucktoothed vampire :-E has major dental problems :-F bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing :-G- smoking cigarettes :-I hmm :-I indifferent :-I thinking :-J tongue-in-cheek comments :-M speaking no evil :-O Mr. Bill :-O Wow! :-O birth :-O ohh, big mouth, Mick Jagger :-O uh oh :-O yelling [Bob Peirce] :-O>-o smiley American tourist (note big mouth and camera) :-P "I have a longer tongue than Gene Simmons" [RICHH] :-P Nyahhhh! :-P has a secret to tell you :-P nyah nyah :-P sticking out tongue :-P telling secrets :-P tongue hanging out in anticipation :-Q smoker :-Q~ smoking :-R has the flu :-S just made an incoherent statement :-T keeping a straight face :-T keeping a straight face (tight-lipped) :-V shouting :-W speak with forked tongue :-X A big wet kiss! :-X bow tie :-X my lips are sealed :-Y a quiet aside :-[ biting criticism :-[ biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism :-[ blockhead :-[ pouting :-[ sarcastic :-[ un-smiley blockhead :-[ vampire :-\ Popeye :-\ undecided smiley :-\ 8o after a cold shower [David Gundlach] :-] biting sarcasm :-] biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we cannot inflect our voice over the net :-] blockhead :-] sarcastic :-] smiley blockhead :-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco :-` spitting out chewing tobacco :-a lefty smiley touching tongue to nose :-b "I have a longer tongue than Gene Simmons, only it is cloven" [RICHH] :-b left-pointing tongue :-bill Zydeco Bill, with harmonica in mouth and washboard on chest [Bill Shirley] :-c bummed out :-c real unhappy :-d lefty smiley razzing you :-d~ smokes heavily :-e disappointed :-f sticking tongue out :-i semi-smiley :-j left smiling smiley :-k beats me, looks like something, though :-l yet another smiley :-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] :-o "Oh, the humanity!" [RICHH] :-o Mr. Bill :-o Uh oh! :-o Wow! :-o shocked :-o singing national anthem :-o smiley singing national anthem :-o surprise :-o yawn :-o ^^^^: after zipping up fly too fast [David Gundlach] :-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) :-p~ smokes heavily :-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose :-q trying to touch tongue to nose :-r sticking tongue out :-s after a BIZARRE comment :-s smiley after a BIZARRE comment :-t cross smiley :-v speaking :-v talking head smiley :-w speak with forked tongue :-x "my lips are sealed" :-x "my lips are sealed" smiley :-x kiss kiss :-x not telling any secrets :-y said with a smile :-z y.a.s. :-z yet another cross smiley :-{ mustache :-{ smiley variation on a theme :-{ -__-: after slamming the toilet seat [David Gundlach] :-{#} messages teasing people about their braces :-{) moustache :-{) normal smiling face with a moustache :-{} heavy lipstick :-{~ has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to lunch :-| "have an ordinary day" :-| "have an ordinary day" smiley :-| grim :-| no expression :-| no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me' :-| 8( )- pregnant female [David Gundlach] :-| :-| deja' vu [David J. Rood] :-|| angry :-} "Thish wine tashted pretty good" :-} beard :-} fiendish grin [James Blustein] :-} lipstick :-} normal smiling face with pretty lips :-} pretty lips :-} wears lipstick or some other lip appearance improving device :-} -oo-: taking matters into hand [David Gundlach] :-~) has a cold :/) not funny :/7) Cyrano de Bergerac :/i no smoking :0 blowjob [David Gundlach] :3-< dog :8) pig ::-) wears glasses ::=)) double vision or needs new shocks [David J. Rood] :< midget unsmiley :< what pretences! :<() African tribesman :<) from an Ivy League School :<)= for those with beards too :<= walrus :<| attends an Ivy League school := | Baboon := | baboon :=) has two noses :=8) baboon :> hmm, let me think... :> midget smiley :>) big nose :?) philosopher :@ what? :@) pig :C what? :D laughter :I Hmmm, not funny! :O blowjob [David Gundlach] :O yelling :P sticking out tongue [Bob Peirce] :Q smoking [Bob Peirce] :Q what? :Q) John Q. Public :Ui smoking :Uj smoking (and smiling) :V woodpecker :V) woodpecker :X lips are sealed [Bob Peirce] :X) hearing no evil :[ real downer :] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend :^( has had his nose put out of joint; useful for replying to flames :^) 3/4 view of person with elf-type sharp nose [The Grey Wolf] :^) broken nose :^) smiley with pointy nose (righty) :^D "Great! I like it!" :^{ for those with moustaches :^{)> moustache and beard :_) after a fight where his nose was smashed in [Brian C. White] :_) nose sliding off face :b sticking out tongue [Bob Peirce] :c) big nose variant [Po-Jen J. Yang] :c< big nose variant [Po-Jen J. Yang] :d stick out your tongue [Andrew R. Millen] :n) funny-looking right nose :o) Stimpy (of Ren & Stimpy) [Tara Lin Dahlkemper] :q vi user saying, "How do I get out of this damn emacs editor?" [Mark Baranowski, markb@giga.slc.unisys.com] :u) funny-looking left nose :v) left-pointing broken nose :v) left-pointing nose :{ oh boy, the headmaster!... :} What should we call these? (what?) :~( nose put out of joint :~) Peter Ubberoth :~) needs a nosejob :~) pointy nose (righty) :~) smiling face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary :~) ugly nose :~-( crying :~-) so happy, s/he is crying :~/ really mixed up ; Cheshire cat with gingivitis [David J. Rood] ;( crying ;) winking [Bob Peirce] ;-( 'that makes me so mad that if I ever see you I'll punch your lights out' ;-( beaten up ;-( crying ;-( sad face gets his lights punched out ;-( sad or mad and got beat up ;-) "If you touch my daughter again, they won't be blanks" [RICHH] ;-) a practical joker who played one too many and got beat up ;-) beaten up ;-) could be pirate smiling face?? ;-) crying with happiness ;-) getting fresh ;-) sardonic incredulity ;-) smiling face gets his lights punched out ;-) winking ;-) ===8 circumcised [David Gundlach] ;-) o===8 braggart [David Gundlach] ;-) o=====8 braggart with erection [Crunchy Frog] ;-? wry tongue in cheek [Ross Johnson] ;-D a friendly, winking, laughing smile [pardo@cs.washington.edu] ;-\ Popeye beaten up ;-\ Popeye gets his lights punched out ;-| beaten up but silent ;-| no expression face gets his lights punched out ;-| says nothing but still gets beat up ;-} leer? (terminal dependent) ;:-) really bad toupee [David J. Rood] ;^? punched out <&&> message concerning rubber chickens <*:oDX clown with bowtie and dunce <:-( disappointed <:-( dunce <:-) Vietnamese peasant <:-) dumb questions <:-)<<| in a space rocket <:-I dunce <:-O Eeek! <:>== a turkey emoticon <:I dunce <<<<(:-) hat salesman <= for messages about housing in the Snow Belt [Richard Treitel, ] <@:{(>X mustached chinese man with a toupee (also sporting a goatee and a bowtie) [Andrew R. Millen] a nerd smiley that's unbearably pleased with itself [John Hughes] =:-#} punk rocker with a mustache =:-#} smiley punk with a mustache.... =:-( punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) =:-( smiley punk-rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) =:-) hosehead =:-) punk rocker =:-) smiley punk-rocker =:-H football player ==#== railroad crossings [Kenneth P. Brooks, ] ===:[OO']>:=== has been railroaded =====:} snake =^) [Axl] =t== Mexican run over by train =|:-) Abe Lincoln =|:-)= Abe Lincoln >%) Wile E. Coyote [David J. Rood] >- female >-< absolutely livid!! >-> china man >-^);> fish >8o!... Bugs Bunny with carrot [David J. Rood] >:) a little devil >:*) Bozo the Clown >:-( mad, annoyed >:-( sick and tired of reading this nonsense >:-( 8 *>- for disparaging opinions on feminists [Phil Barth, ] >:-) devil [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] >:-< mad >:-> devilish >:-I net.startrek >:-b left-pointing tongue smiley >:^( headhunter (Amazon style) >;-) devilish wink [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] >;-> winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made. >< >< about/to someone wearing argyle socks >>-O-> General Custer >>>>>:============ an asparagus [David J. Rood] >>>>>>:=======------ an asparagus [David J. Rood] >[I Television >w nose-thumbing gesture [jeffw@midas.UUCP] >|( Robocop: "Thank you for your co-operation." [Craig P McLaughlin] >|-> Chinese ?-( about people with a black eye ?-( has black eye ?:) single curl of hair [James Blustein] @%&$%& N.W.A. fan [RICHH] @%&$%& You know what that means... @%&$%&$\&*@%$#@ you know what that means... @-( "Ulysses! Bring me Ulysses!" [Ben Cranston, zben@umd2] @-) Cyclops @-) Space... The Final Frontier [David J. Rood] @-) seeing stars [soania@ac.dal.ca] @.'v (profile) has curly hair @:-) Indian (East) @:-) wavy hair @:-) wearing a turban @:I turban @= "Kafka was a momma's boy" [RICHH] @= flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows (mushroom cloud) [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] @= pro-nuclear war @>--->---- a rose @O=E<= woman in skirt wearing turtleneck sweater [DJ Delorie] @l@ too many hours at terminal B) frog wearing sunglasses B-(8 Sir Robin Day (a British BBC TV presenter, famed for his grumpy countenance, and who wears glasses and a bow tie) B-) "Holy trichinosis!" [RICHH] B-) "I pray daily for death" [RICHH] B-) "Let's do the beach, man!" [The Grey Wolf] B-) Batman B-) glasses B-) horn-rimmed glasses B-) horn-rims B-) sunglasses B-)-[< sunglasses and swimming trunk B-D "Serves you right, dummy!!" B-| cheap sunglasses B:-) sunglasses on head B^) hornrimmed glasses C:# football player C:-) large brain capacity C=:-) Galloping Gourmet C=:-) chef [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] C=>8*) devilish chef with glasses and a moustache [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] C=}>;*{)) mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin C=}>;*{O) mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin C|:-= Charlie Chaplin E-:-) ham radio operator E-:-I net.ham-radio EK( Frankenstien Honk! oo---oo-Bo semi-truck moving right [Michael Cook] Ic:() pygmy with bone in hair [Andrew R. Millen] K:P a little kid with a propeller beanie K;)B seductive woman with bow in her hair [Andrew R. Millen] L:-) just graduated M-) sees no evil M-),:X),:-M sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil M.^.M nirvana or the failure of a chiropracter [David J. Rood] M:-) saluting O 8-) the angelic halo look [Andrew Williams] O :-) an angel (at heart, at least) O |-) net.religion O+ appropriate for women's messages, surely? [Richard Treitel, ] O-&-< doing nothing O-(==< chastised and/or chagrined, or is merely asleep. O-) Megaton Man, on patrol! [Matthew P. Wiener, weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU] O-) cyclops O-) scuba diver O-G-< pointing to self O-S-< in a hurry O-Z-< in a big hurry O:-) acting very innocent (halo) O:-) with halo O>-<|= of interest to women OO headlights on msg P-) Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes) P-) getting fresh Q:-) new graduate R-) broken glasses XX-( just died XX-( net.suicide [8-{) bearded smiley with glasses and headphones [Dave Straker] [:-) listening to walkman [:-) wearing a walkman [:-] square head [:] robot [:|] robot (or other AI project) [= for messages about housing in Arizona [Richard Treitel, ] [] hugs \.^./ lotus position, seen from above [David J. Rood] \/\/\/\,8-O really should fix frayed line cord on terminal \:-) french hat \:^) gumby smiley \o/ PTL (praise the lord, or pass the loot?) ]:-) The Devil ]:-> The Devil ^(^ happy variation ^)^ ^(^ two people talking ^L^ happy ^v^v^ mountains [Kenneth P. Brooks, ] _:^) American Indian _\\// Vulcan salute __! enough for now [David J. Rood] __. properly chastised and/or chagrined, or is merely asleep __.^.__ spread-eagled [David J. Rood] __/~`-'~\_/ line of thought isn't quite a line __Q~`__ cat _______ Wile E. Coyote under rock [David J. Rood] _______ a He-Ne laser line [David J. Rood] _______ student EEG on Saturday night [David J. Rood] `-_-' Have you hugged your wolf today? [Peter da Silva] `:-) shaved his right eyebrow off this morning `^J smiley [Carl Pettypiece] d :-o hats off to your great idea d.'v (profile) wearing hard hat d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat d:-) baseball player g-) wearing pince-nez glasses i-=<*** __. CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it! i-=<****** o-(==< CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it! i-=<***i CAUTION: has flame thrower o-) Cyclops o-<:-{{{ santa [rayan@utai.uucp] o/ raised hand o= a burning candle (for flames) o>-<|= of interest only to women o>8<|= messages about interesting women oF-oo---oo semi-truck moving left [Michael Cook] oO:-)*** Santa Claus [Ann Finley] oo "It's cold out" [RICHH] oo somebody's head-lights are on oo- puzzled, confused ouch... O>--< dead driver/passenger on pavement [Michael Cook] pp# cow pq`#' bull q:-) wearing baseball cap backwards r:-) wearing ponytail [guru] y:-) bad toupee [David J. Rood] { Alfred Hitchcock { a psycho [RICHH] { :-) Marge Simpson (Homer's wife) [Liron Lightwood] {(:-) wearing toupee {0-) Cyclops {8-} grinning mischievously (or just charmingly) [Jeffrey Deutsch] {:-) hair parted in the middle {:-) new hair style {:-) smiley with its hair parted in the middle {:-) wearing a toupee {:-{)} new hair style, mustache and beard {:\/ sounds like a duck {:^=( Adolph Hitler {= for messages about housing [Richard Treitel, ] {{-}}} refugee from the '60's {} 'no comment' | for bike fleet messages [Richard Treitel, ] |) salamander |-( asleep with nightmares [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] |-( late at night |-( yawn [RICHH] |-) Chinese |-) Same as :-) but poster is Oriental [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] |-) asleep (boredom) |-) hee hee |-<> kissy face |-D ho ho |-I sleeping |-O birth |-O bored |-O yawning/snoring |-P reaction to unusually ugly C code [The Grey Wolf] |-P yuk |-{ "Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown?) |:-) heavy eyebrows |:-O (no explanation given) |:-| excessively rigid |:[' Groucho Marx |I asleep |^o snoring || for messages about cars or other four-wheeled vehicles [Richard Treitel, ] ||*( handshake offered ||*) handshake accepted |~( "Someone just busted my nose". }(:-( wearing toupee in wind }-) a wry grin [Howard Chu] }:-( bull headed }:-( toupee in an updraft }:-) hair parted in the middle in an updraft }:-) wearing toupee in an updraft }:-< cat }:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin }:~#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin }}\/=oo---oo Crash! semi-truck after collision [Michael Cook] [David J. Rood] ~:-( net.flame ~\8-O needs to fix frayed cord on terminal ~~\8-O zapped by frayed cord on terminal ~~c___ beach [Kenneth P. Brooks, ] ~~~8} snake ~~~~8} snake ~~~~:> person in a transporter beam [David J. Rood] ~~~~> photon [David J. Rood] ========================================================================= smiley_dict.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE UNOFFICIAL SMILEY DICTIONARY _________________________________________________________________ Hello! Welcome to "The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary"! You will find here a lot of smilies. Smilies will be often used in mails, articles or on irc. Surely you saw some of this signs when you made a travel through the Internet. This signs will be used to tell other persons how do you feel or how do you mean something. To "read" a smiley turn your head to the left and look to the symbols. Then you will see two eyes, a nose and a (often smiling) mouth. Try it and have fun! Should you know some smilies you didn't find here so send me please a mail. Thank you! _________________________________________________________________ The original was from krisb@WESTFORD.CCUR.COM. I found it somewhere on the Internet. _________________________________________________________________ :-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 >- __________________________________________________________________________ :-) Your basic smiley This smilie 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 smilie 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 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 just made a wry statement :-* User just ate something sour ;-( User is crying ;-) User is so happy, s/he is crying :-@ User is screaming :-# User wears braces :^) User has a broken nose :;*{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 : __________________________________________________________________________ :-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco :-1 smiley bland face :-! smiley bland face :-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut :-6 smiley after eating something sour 8-) smiley swimmer :-* smiley after eating something bitter :-& smiley which is tongue-tied :-0 smiley orator (:-( unsmiley frowning =:-) smiley punk-rocker =:-( (real punk rockers don't smile) +-:-) smiley priest :-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 g-) smiley with pince-nez glasses :-\ undecided smiley :-/ lefty undecided smiley :-| "have an ordinary day" smiley ;-) winking smiley :- 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 >- __________________________________________________________________________ %\v Picasso :) smiley >:) a little devil %-| been working all night ::-) wears glasses }:-( bull headed :-{) has a mustache :-# braces :-& tounge-tied :-D big smile C|:-= Charlie Chaplin =|:-)= Abe Lincoln :-W speak with forked tongue :-@ "I swear" :-X my lips are sealed :-C really bummed out C=:-) chef * a cat __________________________________________________________________________ Now here are some abbreviations you may often see: CIS = Consumer Information Service (of CompuServe) RTFM = Read the, uh, Friggin' Manual PITA = Pain in the "acronym" BTW = By the way BFN = Bye, for now TSR = Terminate and Stay Resident program OTOH = On the other hand OTTH = On the third hand FWIW = For what it's worth RSN = Real Soon Now WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get PPN = Programmer Project Number. Ie, a CIS user's ID#. OIC = Oh, I see! IMHO = In my humble opinion [the speaker is never humble] IMCO = In my considered opinion g,d&r = grinning, ducking, and running OOTB = Out of the box __________________________________________________________________________ [IMAGE] people did read this page. __________________________________________________________________________ Lars-Ingo Porges , 16.1.1995 ========================================================================= smilies.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE UNOFFICIAL SMILEY DICTIONARY :-) Your basic smiley. This smilie 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 smilie 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: :-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 :-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 >-;*{O) Mega-Smiley... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin :) - Happy :> - hmm, let me think... :D - Laughter :I - Hmmm, not funny! :( - Sad :[ - Real Downer : hey hey :-I hmm :-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek :-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets |-P yuk %\v Picasso smiley -- 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 :;*{)) 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 : 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 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 :-- Birth |-O Death 8-# Infinity 8