The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary

:-)	Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection in chat.
;-)	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 :-).
>:->	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.
%-)	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 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 punk rocker.
-:-)	User is a hosehead.
-:-(	(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! Smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!).
:-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!
:-O	UH OH!
(8-o	it's mr. bill!
*:o)	and bozo the clown!
3:]	pet smilie.
3:[	mean pet smilie.
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 smilie the invisible smilie.
.-)	user only has one eye.
,-)	ditto...but he's winking.
x-(	user just died.
8 :-)	user is a wizard.
c=}>;*{))	Mega-Smilie... 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 smilies.

:)	Midget smilie.
:]	Gleep...a friendly midget smilie 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 with bushy mustache :-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut :-% smiley banker :-6 smiley after eating something sour smiley invisible man (:-( unsmiley frowning (:-) smiley big-face ):-) " ):-( unsmiley big-face )8-) scuba smiley big-face =:-( (real punk rockers don't smile) +:-) smiley priest :-t cross smiley :-] 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 ~~:-( net.flame |-) hee hee O |-) net.religion |-D ho ho :-> hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards :-( boo hoo X-( net.suicide :-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio >:-I net.startrek :-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets |-P yuk :-} 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 male :- female >- Birth |-O Death 8-# Infinity 8 ---<--{(@ its a rose!

Last updated: November 4, 2000