EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet - Smiley Dictionary
This Unofficial Smiley Dictionary is only one of many different
collections by various "editors" you'll come across at many places on
the Net.
Basic Smileys
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:-)
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
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(-:
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
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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
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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
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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
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:-)
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
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