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Basic Smiles

:-)    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.

 

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.

:-{ 2   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 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 hose head.

-:-)   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 brain-dead.

[:-)   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 beanie.

@:-)  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.

 

Midget Smileys

:)   Midget smiley.

:]   Glees...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.

 

Mega Smileys

C= 2>;*{))     A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin.

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

 

Usenet Smileys

~~:-(   Net. flame

O |-)    Net. religion

8 :-I    Net.unix-wizards

X-(    Net.suicide

E-:-I   Net.ham-radio

 

Emotional Smileys

:-)  ha ha

|-)  hee hee

|-D ho ho

:->  hey hey

:-(  boo hoo

:-I   hmmm

:-O  oops

:-P  nyahhhh!