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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. 


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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. 

::-) 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. 



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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!

!-( Black eye 
!-) Proud of black eye 
#-) Wiped out, partied all night 
#:-o Shocked 
$-) Won the lottery, or money on the brain 
%(|:-)   Propeller-head 
%*} Inebriated 
%+{ Got beat up 
%-( Confused 
%-) Dazed or silly 
%-6 Brain-dead 
%-\ Hung over 
%-{ Ironic 
%-| Worked all night 
%-} Humorous or ironic 
%\ Hangover 
>>:-<< Furious 
>- Female 
>-> Winking devil 
>-< Furious 
>-) Devilish wink 
>:) Little devil 
>:-> Very mischievous devil 
>:-< Angry 
>:-< Mad 
>:-( Annoyed 
>:-) Mischievous devil 
>=^ P Yuck 
<:> Devilish expression 
<:-> Devilish expression 
<:-( Dunce 
<:-) Innocently asking dumb question 
<:-| Dunce 
<:| Dunce 
( 8(|) Homer 
( <> .. <> ) alienated 
(( )):** Hugs and kisses 
((())) Lots of hugging (initials or a name can be put in the middle of the one being hugged) 
() Hugging 
(-: Left-handed smile, or smiley from the southern hemisphere 
(:& Angry 
(:- Unsmiley 
(:-& Angry 
(:-( Unsmiley 
(:-) Smiley variation 
(:-* Kiss 
(:-\ Very sad 
(::()::) Bandaid, meaning comfort 
(:| Egghead 
* Kiss 
*<:-) Santa Claus 
*<|:-) Santa Claus, or a clown 
*-) Shot to death 
+<:-) Religious leader 
+<:-| Monk or nun 
+<||-) Knight 
+:-) Priest 
+O:-) The Pope 
-) Tongue in cheek 
-= Snuffed candle to end a flame messagee 
-=#:-) Wizard 
/\/\/\ Laughter 
0:-) Angel 
12x@>--->--- A dozen roses 
2B|^2B To be or not to be 
5:-) Elvis 
7:) Ronald Reagan 
7:^) Ronald Reagan 
8 Infinity 
8 :-) Wizard 
8) Wide-eyed, or wearing glasses 
8-# Death 
8-) Wide-eyed, or wearing glasses 
8-o Shocked 
8-O Astonished 
8-P Yuck! 
8-[ Frayed nerves; overwrought 
8-] Wow! 
8-| Wide-eyed surprise 
: ( Sad 
: ) Smile 
: [ Bored, sad 
: | Bored, sad 
:( ) Loudmouth, talks all the time; or shouting 
:* Kiss 
:*) Clowning 
:**: Returning kiss 
:+( Got punched in the nose 
:,( Crying 
:- Male 
:-# My lips are sealed; or someone wearing braces 
:-& Tongue-tied 
:-> Smile of happiness or sarcasm 
:->< Puckered up to kiss 
:-< Very sad 
:-( Frown 
:-) Classic smiley 
:-* Kiss 
:-, Smirk 
:-/ Wry face 
:-6 Exhausted 
:-9 Licking lips 
:-? Licking lips, or tongue in cheek 
:-@ Screaming 
:-C Astonished 
:-c Very unhappy 
:-D Laughing 
:-d~ Heavy smoker 
:-e Disappointed 
:-f Sticking out tongue 
:-I Pondering, or impartial 
:-i Wry smile or half-smile 
:-J Tongue in cheek 
:-j One-sided smile 
:-k Puzzlement 
:-l One-sided smile 
:-M Speak no evil 
:-O Open-mouthed, surprised 
:-o Surprised look, or yawn 
 :-P Sticking out tongue 
:-p Sticking tongue out 
:-p~ Heavy smoker 
:-Q Tongue hanging out in disgust, or a smoker 
:-Q~ Smoking 
:-r Sticking tongue out 
:-s What?! 
:-t Unsmiley 
:-V Shouting 
:-X My lips are sealed; or a kiss 
:-x Kiss, or My lips are sealed 
:-Y Aside comment 
:-[ Unsmiling blockhead; also criticism 
:-\'| Sniffles 
:-] Smiling blockhead; also sarcasm 
:-{) Smile with moustache 
:-{)} Smile with moustache and beard 
:-{} Blowing a kiss 
:-| Indifferent, bored or disgusted 
:-| :-| Deja vu 
:-|| Very angry 
:-} Mischievous smile 
:-~) A cold 
:-~| A cold 
:.( Crying 
:/) Not funny 
:/i No smoking 
:> What? 
:@ What? 
:C Astonished 
:e Disappointed 
:P Sticking out tongue 
:X Hear no evil 
:x Kiss 
:\' Crying 
:\'( Crying 
:\'-( Crying 
:\'-) Tears of happiness 
:^D Happy, approving 
:`-( Shedding a tear 
:{ Having a hard time 
:~) A cold 
:~-( Crying 
:~/ Confused 
; ) Wink 
; P Wink with a raspberry 
;( Crying 
;-( Angry, or got a black eye 
;-) Winkey 
;-D Winking and laughing 
= O Surprised 
= X My lips are sealed 
=):-)= Abraham Lincoln 
=:-) Punk, or hosehead 
=====:} Snake 
=^* Kisses 
=^D Big grin 
?( Black eye 
?-( Black eye 
@>--->--- A long-stemmed rose 
@== Atomic bomb 
@}->-- Rose 
B:-) Sunglasses on head 
d :-o Hats off to you! 
IOHO In Our Humble Opinion 
M-) See no evil 
M-), :X, :-M See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil 
M:-) A salute 
O 8-) Starry-eyed angel 
O :-) Angel 
O+ Female 
O-> Male 
O8-) Starry-eyed angel 
O:-) Angel 
P* French kiss 
Q:-) College graduate 
X-( Just died 
[:-) Wearing a Walkman 
[:-] Square head 
[:-| Frankenstein 
[:] Robot 
[:| Frankenstein 
[:|] Robot 
[[ ]] Hug Insert a name in the brackets of the one who is being hugged, as: [[Marcia]] 
[] Hug 
\') Winky 
\'-) Winky 
\_/ Empty glass 
\~/ Full glass 
]:-> Devil 
]:-) Happy devil 
][ Back to back 
^ ^ ^ Giggles 
^5 High five 
`:-) Raised eyebrow 
{{ }} Hug; the one whose name is in the brackets is being hugged Example: {{MJ}} 
{} No comment 
|( Sleepy (on late night email message) 
|-<> Puckered up for a kiss 
|-( Sleepy, struggling to stay awake, or sleeping badly 
|-D Big laugh 
|-O Yawn 
|-{ Good grief! 
|-| Asleep 
|I Asleep 
|^o Snoring 
}-) Wry smile 
}: [ Angry, frustrated 
}{ Face to face 
~ :-( Steaming mad 
~:-( Flame message 
~:-\ Elvis 
~:o Baby 
~:\ Elvis 
~= Lit candle, indicating a flame (inflammatory message) 
~== Begins a flame (inflammatory message) 
~~:-( Especially hot flame message 
~~:[ Net flame 
~~~~8} Snake 
~~~~~8} Snake 

...the invisible smiley 
...ghost smiley in invisible state 
...smiley invisible man 

$-) 
...yuppie smiley 

%-) 
...user has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight 

%-6 
...user is braindead 

&-l 
...that made me cry 

'-) 
...winking smiley 

(-: 
...left hand smiley 

(8-o 
...it's mr. bill! 

(:-( 
...the saddest smiley 
...unsmiley frowning 
...very unhappy smiley 

(:-) 
...smiley big face 

(:I 
...egghead 

([( 
...robocop 

)8-) 
...scuba smiley big-face 

):-( 
...nordic smiley 
...unsmiley big-face 

):-) 
...impish smiley 
...smiley big-face 

*:o) 
...and bozo the clown! 

*<:-) 
...user is wearing a santa claus hat 

+-( 
...smiley, shot between the eyes 

+-:-) 
...user is the pope or holds some other religious office 

+:-) 
...priest smiley 

,-) 
...winking happy smiley 

,-} 
...wry and winking smiley 

,:-) 
...user shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning 

-:-( 
...(real punk rockers don't smile) 

-:-) 
...user is a punk rocker 

..-) 
...user only has one eye 

..-] 
...one-eyed smilely 

0-) 
...smiley cyclops (scuba diver?) 

3:[ 
...mean pet smiley 
...pit bull smiley 

3:] 
...lucy my pet dog smiley 
...pet smiley 

3:o[ 
...net.pets 

8 
...infinity 

8 :-) 
...user is a wizard 

8 :-I 
...net.unix-wizards 

8(:-) 
...mickey mouse 

8-# 
...dead smiley 
...death 

8-) 
...glasses 
...smiley swimmer 
...smiley with big eyes...perhaps wearing contact lenses... 

8-O 
...omigod 

8-| 
...suspense 

8:-) 
...glasses on forehead 
...little girl smiley 

8<:-) 
...smiley is a wizard 

: = 
...beaver smiley 

:#) 
...drunk smiley 

:'-( 
...user is crying 

:'-) 
...user is so happy, s/he is crying 

:( 
...sad 
...sad-turtle smiley 

:) 
...happy 
...midget smiley 

:* 
...kisses 

:*) 
...user is drunk 

:,( 
...crying smiley 

:- 
...male 

:-! 
...foot in mouth 
...smiley bland face 

:-" 
...whistling smiley 

:-# 
...user wears braces 
...my lips are scaled 

:-#| 
...smiley face with bushy mustache 

:-$ 
...smiley face with its mouth wired shut 

:-% 
...smiley banker 

:-& 
...smiley which is tongue-tied 

:-( 
...boo hoo 
...drama 
...frowning smiley. user did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something. 

:-(*) 
...that comment made me sick 

:-(=) 
...bucktooth smiley 

:-) 
...basic smiley 
...ha ha 
...comedy 
...your basic smiley. this smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over unix. 

:-)8< 
...big girl smiley 

:-)~ 
...user drools 

:-* 
...user just ate something sour 
...smiley after eating something bitter 
...kiss 

:-/ 
...skeptical smiley 
...lefty undecided smiley 

:-0 
...no yelling! (quiet lab) 
...smiley orator 

:-1 
...smiley bland face 

:-3 
...handlebar mustache smiley 

:-6 
...smiley after eating something sour 
...smiley after eating something spicy 

:-7 
...smiley after a wry statement 
...smirking smiley 

:-8( 
...condescending stare 

:-9 
...user is licking his/her lips 

:-: 
...mutant smiley 

:-< 
...real sad smiley 
...walrus smiley 

:-=) 
...older smiley with mustache 

:-> 
...user just made a really biting sarcastic remark. worse than a :-). 
...hey hey 
...sarcastic smiley 
...y.a.s. 

:-? 
...smiley smoking a pipe 

:-@ 
...screaming smiley 

:-C 
...user is really bummed 
...real unhappy smiley 

:-D 
...user is laughing (at you!) 

:-E 
...bucktoothed vampire 

:-F 
...bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing 

:-I 
...hmm 
...indifferent smiley. better than a frowning smiley but not quite as good as a happy smiley 

:-O 
...talkaktive smiley 
...uh oh 

:-P 
...nyah nyah 

:-Q 
...smoker 
...smoking smiley 

:-S 
...user just made an incoherent statement 
...what you say makes no sense 

:-V 
...shouting smiley 

:-W 
...speak with forked tongue 

:-X 
...user's lips are sealed 
...a big wet kiss 
...bow tie 

:-[ 
...vampire smiley 
...un-smiley blockhead 

:-\ 
...undecided smiley 

:-] 
...smiley blockhead 

:-` 
...smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco 

:-a 
...lefty smilely touching tongue to nose 
...smiley touching her tongue to her nose 

:-b 
...left-pointing tongue smiley 

:-c 
...bummed out smiley 

:-d 
...lefty smiley razzing you 
...said with a smile 

:-e 
...disappointed smiley 

:-i 
...semi-smiley 

:-j 
...left smiling smilely 

:-k 
...beats me, looks like something, tho. 

:-l 
...y. a. s. 

:-o 
...uh oh! 
...smiley singing national anthem 
...surpise 

:-p 
...smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) 

:-q 
...smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose 

:-r 
...smiley raspberry 

:-s 
...smiley after a BIZARRE comment 

:-t 
...cross smiley 
...pouting smiley 

:-v 
...talking head smiley 

:-x 
..."my lips are sealed" smiley 

:-z 
...y.a.c.s. 

:-{ 
...mustache 
...smiley variation on a theme 

:-{) 
...user has a mustache 

:-{} 
...smiley wears lipstick 

:-| 
..."have an ordinary day" smiley 

:-} 
...beard 

:-}X 
...bow tie-wearing smiley 

:-~) 
...user has a cold 

:/\) 
...extremely bignosed smiley 

:8) 
...pigish smiley 

::-) 
...user wears normal glasses 

:< 
...midget unsmiley 
...what? 

:<) 
...user is from an ivy league school 

:=) 
...user has two noses 
...orangutan smiley 

:> 
...midget smiley 
...what? 

:@ 
...what? 

:C 
...what? 

:D 
...laughter 

:I 
...hmmm... 

:I) 
...smiley with septum pierce (The septum is that thing that makes your nose have two small nostrils rather than one large one.) 

:O 
...yelling 

:Q 
...what? 

:[ 
...real downer 

:] 
...gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend 

:^) 
...user has a broken nose 
...smiley with a personality 
...smiley with pointy nose (righty) 

:_) 
...user's nose is sliding off of his face 

:n) 
...smiley with funny-looking right nose 

:u) 
...smiley with funny-looking left nose 

:v) 
...user has a broken nose, but it's the other way 
...left-pointing nose smiley 

:{ 
...what? 

:} 
...what should we call these? (what?) 

;-( 
...crying smiley 

;-) 
...winking smiley 
...winky smiley. user just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark. more of a "don't hit me for what i just said" smiley. 

;^) 
...smirking smiley 

<3 
...heart 

<:-I 
...user is a dunce 

<:-l 
...dunce smiley 

<:3 
...simple smiley mouse or rat 

<:3 )~~~~ 
...smiley mouse or rat 

<:I 
...dunce 

=) 
...variation on a theme... 

=:-( 
...real punks never smile 

=:-) 
...user is a hosehead 
...smiley is a punk 
...smiley punk-rocker 

>- 
...female 

>:-< 
...mad 

>:-> 
...devilish smiley 

>:-I 
...net.startrek 

>:-l 
...klingon smiley 

>;-> 
...winky and devil combined. a very lewd remark was just made. 
...a very lewd remark was just made 

?-( 
...black eye 

@:-) 
...smiley wearing a turban 

@:-} 
...smiley just back from the hairdresser 

@:I 
...turban 

@= 
...user is pro-nuclear war 

B-) 
...horn-rims 
...smiley wears glasses 

B:-) 
...sunglasses on head 

BI 
...a frog 

C=:-) 
...chef smiley 

E-:-) 
...user is a ham radio operator 

E-:-I 
...net.ham-radio 

H-) 
...cross-eyed smiley 

K:P 
...user is a little kid with a propeller beenie 

L-P 
...totally scrambled smiley (thats why L-P mud exists...) 

O :-) 
...user is an angel (at heart, at least) 

O |-) 
...net.religion 

O-) 
...megaton man on patrol! (or else, user is a scuba diver) 
...message from cyclops 
...smiley after smoking a banana 

O:-) 
...angel smiley 

P-( 
...pirate smiley 

V^J 
...smiley with glasses, seen from the left side (portrait, talking) (it's more a talkey...- just tip your head to the right side to see it) 

X-( 
...user just died 
...net.suicide 
...you are brain dead 

X:-) 
...little kid with a propeller beanie 

[:-) 
...smiley wearing a walkman 

[:] 
...robot smiley 

[] 
...hugs 

]-I 
...smiley wearing sunglasses (cool...therefore no smile, only a smirk) 

`' 
...cat's eyes in the night 

`:-) 
...user shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning 

d8= 
...your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat. 

d:-) 
...baseball smiley 

l-O 
...smiley is yawning 

l:-O 
...flattop loudmouth smiley 

l^o 
...hepcat smiley 

{:-) 
...smiley wears a toupee 
...smiley with its hair parted in the middle 

|-( 
...smiley lost his contact lenses 

|-) 
...hee hee 

|-D 
...ho ho 

|-I 
...user is asleep 

|-O 
...user is yawning/snoring 
...birth 

|-P 
...yuk 

|I 
...asleep 

|^o 
...snoring 

}:-( 
...toupee in an updraft 

}:-) 
...above in an updraft 

}:^#) 
...pointy nosed smiley 

~:-P 
...smiley, thinking and steaming or: having only one single hair 

~~:-( 
...net.flame 

---<--{(@ 
...it's a rose! 

:----} 
...you lie like pinnochio 

C=}>;*{)) 
...mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin 

}:^#}) 
...mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin