The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary

Basic Smileys

:-)   Your basic smiley. This smiley 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 smiley 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.
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The not yet so Common 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)
:-P   Nyahhhh!
:-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 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
C=}>;*{))   Mega-smiley... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin
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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
:-`   smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-1   smiley bland face
:-!   "
:-@   smiley face screaming
:-#|   smiley face with bushy mustache
:-$   smiley face with it's mouth wired shut
:-%   smiley banker
:-6   smiley after eating something sour
:^)   smiley with pointy nose (righty)
:-7   smiley after a wry statement
8-)   smiley swimmer
:-*   smiley after eating something bitter
:-&   smiley which is tongue-tied
:-0   smiley orator
   smiley invisible man
(:-(   unsmiley frowning
(:-)   smiley big-face
):-)   "
):-(   unsmiley big-face
)8-)   scuba smiley big-face
=:-)   smiley punk-rocker
=:-(   (real punk rockers don't smile)
+:-)   smiley priest
:-q   smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose
:-e   disappointed smiley
:-t   cross smiley
:-i   semi-smiley
:-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
:-a   lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
:-s   smiley after a BIZARRE comment
:-d   lefty smiley razzing you
g-)   smiley with ponce-nez glasses
:-j   left smiling smilely
:-k   beats me, looks like something, tho.
:-l   y. a. s.
:-:   mutant smiley
:-\   undecided smiley
:-|   "have an ordinary day" smiley
;-)   winking smiley
:-<   real sad smiley
:->   y.a.s.
:-z   y.a.c.s.
:-x   "my lips are sealed" smiley
:-c   bummed out smiley
:-v   talking head smiley
:v)   left-pointing nose smiley
:-b   left-pointing tongue smiley
:-/   lefty undecided smiley
:-?   smilely smoking a pipe
.-]   one-eyed smilely
,-}   wry and winking
0-)   smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)
:-=)   older smiley with mustache
:u)   smiley with funny-looking left nose
:n)   smiley with funny-looking right nose
:<   midget unsmiley
:>   midget smiley
}:^#})   mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin
:-)   ha ha
|-)   hee hee
|-D   ho ho
:->   hey hey
:-(   boo hoo
:-I   hmm
:-O   uh oh
:-P   nyah nyah
|-P   yuk
~~:-(   net.flame
O |-)   net.religion
8 :-I   net.unix-wizards
X-(   net.suicide
E-:-I   net.ham-radio
>:-I   net.startrek
3:o[   net.pets
:-}   beard
:-{   mustache
:-#   braces
:-X   bow tie
:-Q   smoker
<:I   dunce
(:I   egghead
@:I   turban
8-)   glasses
B-)   horn-rims
8:-)   glasses on forehead
:-8(   condescending stare
;-)   wink
-<   mad
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Life Smileys

:-   Male
>;-   Female
|-0   Birth
8-#   Death
8   Infinity
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