The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary

Here is a collection of smilie faces from various sources. Most were compiled
by Chris Allen: a few came from other sources.



:-)   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 :-).
8-)   Ignore me, I'm 'on one'...
>:->  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:



GROUP 1: General :- smileys
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:-!  Foot in mouth
:-#  Wears braces / has been punched in mouth
:-$  Put money where mouth is / Mouth wired shut
:-%  Banker
:-&  Tongue-tied
:-'  Spitting out tobacco
:-(  Frown
:-)  Smile
:-*  Just ate something sour
:-/  Sceptical
:-0  No Yelling! (Quiet Lab)
:-1  Bland face
:-6  after eating something sour
:-7  Wry smile
:-8  (dunno - looks like it might mean something)
:-9  Licking lips
:-:  Mutant smiley
:-<  Sad / Frowning
:->  Grin
:-?  Pipe smoker
:-\  Sceptical (variant)
:-]  Reluctant smile
:-[  Vampire
:-@  Screaming
:-D  Laughing
:-E  Buck-toothed vampire
:-F  Buck-toothed vampire with one tooth missing
:-I  Hmmmm
:-O  Yelling
:-P  Nyahhhh! (sticking out tongue)
:-Q  Smoker
:-X  Lips are sealed
:-`  Spitting out chewing tobacco
:-b  left-pointing tongue
:-c  bummed out
:-e  disappointed
:-i  semi-smiley
:-o  Shocked / Uh oh!
:-p  sticking tongue out (at you!)
:-q  trying to touch tongue to nose
:-t  cross
:-v  Talking head
:-|  Clenched teeth / "have an ordinary day"
:-}  Reluctant smile (variant)


;-)  say no more, nudge nudge, wink wink.
;-}  leer? (terminal dependent)

:^)    smiley with pointy nose (righty)
:v)    left-pointing nose smiley


GROUP 2: Midget smileys
-------
A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smilies.
(I prefer these, as the "real" smilie has no nose anyway)

:)   Midget smilie
:]   Gleep...a friendly midget smilie who will gladly be your friend
=)   Variation on a theme...
:)   Happy
:D   Laughter
:I   Hmmm...
:(   Sad
:[   Real Downer
:O   Yelling
:,(  Crying
[]   Hugs and
:*   Kisses
|I   Asleep
|^o  Snoring




GROUP 3: Other mood/emotion smileys
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%-}  humor variation.
%-{  sad variation.
:_)  tongue in cheek / nose sliding off face
#-)  partied all night
%-\  hungover
P-)  getting fresh
|-)  falling asleep
.-)  one eye
:=)  two noses
%+{  the loser of a fight
|-I  asleep
|-O  yawning/snoring
%-6  braindead
:~/  Really mixed up
|-O  bored
*-)  was shot for the last posting
;^?  has punched out for submitting sexist article



GROUP 4: Non-emotion smilies
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(-:   left handed (or Australian)
%-)   has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight
:*)   drunk
[:]   a robot
8-)   wearing sunglasses
B:-)  Sunglasses on head
::-)  wears normal glasses (four-eyes....geddit?)
B-)   wears horn-rimmed glasses
R-)   has broken glasses
:<)   from an Ivy League School
O-)   Megaton Man On Patrol!  (or else, user is a scuba diver)
3:]   Pet smilie
3:[   Mean Pet smilie
d8=   Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.
(:I   egghead
      The invisible smilie
.-)   only has one eye
,-)   Ditto...but he's winking

X-(   Died / suicide
:~)   has ugly nose (needs nose job)
$-)   Yuppie / just won lottery       



GROUP 5: Complex smileys
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<:-)    for dumb questions.
(:-)    for messages dealing with bicycle helmets.
(-)     for messages dealing with owls.
d:-)    for messages dealing with baseball.
d :-o   hats off to your great idea
q:-)    for those who wear their caps backwards.
|-<>    kissy face
>:->    leer
O:-)    for those innocent souls
[:|]    robot (or other appropriate AI project)
:>)     someone with a big nose
:<|     someone who attends an Ivy League school
:%)%    someone with acne
=:-)    a hosehead
:-(*)   someone who is about to vomit
:-)8    someone who is well dressed
8:-)    a little girl
:-)-{8  a big girl
:-)-8      "       (variant)
-:-)    someone who sports a mohawk / admires Mr. T
:-'|    someone who has a cold
:-)'    tends to drool
':-)    accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows
`:-)    ditto
,:-)    ditto...other side
8:]     gorilla
(:)-)   someone wearing scuba mask
:-{)    mustache
:-{}    wears lipstick
{:-)    wears a toupee
}:-(    Toupee in an updraft
:-)~    drools
:-~)    has a cold
:~-(    crying
:~-)    tears of joy
-:-)    punk rocker
-:-(    (real punk rockers don't smile)
:=)     has two noses
+:-)    priest
+-:-)   the Pope
+O:-)    "   "
O :-)   an angel (at heart, at least)
<|-)    Chinese
<|-(    Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes
C=:-)   chef
8=:-)    "
*<:-)   wearing a Santa Claus Hat
(8-o    It's Mr. Bill!
*:o)    And Bozo the Clown!
E-:-)   Ham radio operator
[:-)    wearing a walkman
<:-I    a dunce
@:-)    wearing a turban
(-:|:-) Siamese twins
        the invisible man

C=}>;*{))  Mega-Smiley... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft,
                          a mustache, and a double chin
:-#|    bushy mustache

(:-)    smiley big-face
):-)           "
):-(    unsmiley big-face
)8-)    scuba smiley big-face
}:^#})  mega-smiley:  updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with
                      a double-chin
~~:-(   net.flame
8 :-I   net.unix-wizards
E-:-I   net.ham-radio
:-)X    bow tie
3:o[    net.pets
:-d~    smokes heavily
Q:-)    a new grad
M:-)    saluting (symbol of respect)
=):-)   Uncle Sam
=|:-)   Abe Lincoln
4:-)    George Washington
5:-)    Elvis Presley
7:-)    Fred Flintstone
:/7)    Cyrano de Bergerac
>:*)    Bozo the Clown
#:o+=   Betty Boop
_:^)    an Indian
>>-O->  Gen. Custer
8(:-)   Walt Disney
>:^(    a headhunter (Amazon style)
-=#:-)  has wizard status
(:  (=|  is going to be a ghost for Halloween...
=:-H    plays for NFL
(V)=|   a pacman champion

M-),:X),:-M  sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil

C):-O
C):-O
C):-O
C):-O   a barbershop quartet

>:-(    is sick and tired of reading this nonsense
L:-)    just graduated
B-)-[<  is wearing sunglasses and swimming trunk
:-(O)   is yelling
(:-)    has no hair
:-)))   is very overweight
|:-)    has heavy eyebrows
{:-)    has new hair style
{:-{)}  has new hair style, mustache and beard
C:-)    has large brain capacity
|:-|    is excessively rigid
._)     suffers from Lorentz contractions
:-G-    smokes cigarettes
:-p~    smokes heavily
\:-)    wears a french hat
]:->    is The Devil
:<()    is an African tribesman
<:-)    is a Vietnamese peasant (unlikely)



GROUP 6: Smiley animals
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8)      frog
B)      frog who is wearing sunglasses
8P      bullfrog and it's mating season
8b      ditto
|)      salamander
:8)     pig
3:-o    cow
pp#      "
pq`#'   bull
:3-<    dog
{:\/    duck
.\/      "
:V      woodpecker
~~~~8}  snake
^..^    cat

}.      elephant
 `\

  )     Cheshire cat.




GROUP 7: Not smileys at all
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@=      for messages dealing with nuclear war.
o>-<|=  for messages of interest only to women.
~=      a candle, to annotate flaming messages.
oo      for somebody's head-lights are on messages.
:-      Male
>-      Female
o/      raised hand
\o/     PTL (praise the lord, or pass the loot?)

_\\//   Vulcan salute


( o ) ( o )   hooters

   ___
  /   \
 | RIP |
 |_____|    from someone who is dead
 -------

  _____    is a computer
  |O-O|
  |:::|



Group 8: Miscellany
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Some people on America Online are using unrotated smilies:

^L^     happy
^(^       " variation
@l@     too many hours at terminal
*L*     blotto
^)^  ^(^  two people talking


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The remaining stuff has got nothing to do with smileys but I just couldn't
bring myself to delete it...



For use in realtime chats:
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Double-colons denotes an action by sender

eg.       ::poof::
          ::Eating pizza::

Brackets denote thinking out loud to oneself or annotation to comments

eg.       (oh)
          (now I see it)


To correct a one-wrd mistake in a previous message, use:

          Wrd = word


Abbreviations:

[name] = Hug
{name} = warm fuzzy hug
LOL    = Laughing Out Loud
OTF    = On The Floor (Laughing)
ROTFL  = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
AFK    = Away From Keyboard
BAK    = Back At Keys
BRB    = Be Right Back
NIFOC  = Nude In Front Of Computer