Das Glossar der Smilies: The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary

:-)

Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix.

;-)

Winky smilie. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark More of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smilie.

:-(

Frowning smilie. User did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something.

:-I

Indifferent smilie. Better than a Frowning smilie but not quite as good as a happy smilie

:->

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 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)

:-P

Nyahhhh!

:-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 smilie

3:[

Mean Pet smilie

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 Smilie The invisible smilie

.-)

User only has one eye

,-)

Ditto...but he's winking

X-(

User just died

8 :-)

User is a wizard

C=}>;*{))

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

:< -

what?

:{ -

what?

:O -

Yelling?

:C -

what?

:Q -

what?

:,( -

Crying

[] -

Hugs and

:* -

Kisses

|I -

Asleep

|^o -

Snoring

:-`

smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco

:-1

smiley bland face

:-@

smiley face screaming

:-#

smiley face with bushy mustache

:-$

smiley face with it's mouth wired shut

:-%

smiley banker

:-6

smiley after eating something sour

:^)

smiley with pointy nose (righty)

:-7

smiley after a wry statement

8-)

smiley swimmer

:-*

smiley after eating something bitter

:-&

smiley which is tongue-tied

:-0

smiley orator

(:-(

unsmiley frowning

(:-)

smiley big-face

):-(

unsmiley big-face

)8-)

scuba smiley big-face

=:-)

smiley punk-rocker

=:-(

(real punk rockers don't smile)

+:-)

smiley priest

:-q

smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose

:-e

disappointed smiley

:-t

cross smiley

:-i

semi-smiley

:-o

smiley singing national anthem

:-pē

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

:-a

lefty smilely touching tongue to nose

:-s

smiley after a BIZARRE comment

:-d

lefty smiley razzing you

g-)

smiley with ponce-nez glasses

:-j

left smiling smilely

:-k

beats me, looks like something, tho.

:-:

mutant smiley

:-\

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

: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 unsmiley

:>

midget smiley

}:^#})

mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin

:-) ha ha ~~:-(

net.flame

|-) hee hee O |-)

net.religion

:-> 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

:-}

beard

:-{

mustache

:-#

braces

:-X

bow tie

:-Q

smoker

<:I

dunce

(:I

egghead

@:I

turban

8-)

glasses

B-)

horn-rims

8:-)

glasses on forehead

:-8(

condescending stare

;-)

wink

>:-<

mad

:-(

Drama

:-)

Comedy

:-o

Surpise

8-|

Suspense

:-

Male

>-

Female

|-O

Birth

8-#

Death