Internet Smilies
Originally from: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
| :-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 | %-<\I> | runk 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 |
| >-< | Absolutely livid!! | &-| | Tearful |
| |-{ | Good Grief! (Charlie Brown?) | :-} | Thish wine tashted pretty good |
| 8-] | wow, maaan | 8-O | Omigod!! (done after "rm -rf *" ?) |
| :-, | Hmmmm. | |~( | Someone just busted my nose. |
| :^D | Great! I like it! | B-D | Serves you right, dummy!! |
IBM SHARE/Northeast Regional Data Center, Gainsville, Florida/Update, May 1985
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:
| (-: | User is left handed |
:-S | User just made an incoherent statement |
| :*) | 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 | er 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 shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning |
| :-* | 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 |
| :<) | User is from an Ivy League School |
:-& | User is tongue tied. |
| ,:-) | 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 :-) | ser is an angel (at heart, at least) |
:-P | Nyahhhh! |
| :-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 |
| ,-) | User only has one eye but he's winking |
X-( | User just died |
| %-) | User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight |
| +-:-) | User is the Pope or holds some other religious office |
| C=}>;*{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
:< - what pretences!
:{ - oh boy, the headmaster!...
:O - Yelling
;( - Crying
[] - Hugs and
:* - Kisses
:-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-1 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
:-< real sad smiley
:-x "my lips are sealed" smiley
:-c bummed out smiley
:-v talking head smiley
:-? smilely smoking a pipe
0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)
:< midget unsmiley
:> 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 >-
Infinity 8
- And the (IMHO) All Time Classic:
%\v Picasso
This should do it...
If anybody has more, please post'em!