T h e S m i l e y d i c t i o n a r y
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Last update: September 12, 1990
by Per Goetterup (ballerup@freja.diku.dk)
From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
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
Said with a smile %-<I> Drunk with laughter
Kiss kiss :-" Pursing lips
:-[ Pouting :-# My lips are sealed
A big wet kiss! 
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"
"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
%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight
:*) User is drunk
[:] User is a robot
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 just made a wry statement
:-* 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.
+- User is the Pope or holds some other religious office
` User shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning
, Same thing…other side
:-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)
Nyahhhh!
:-S User just made an incoherent statement
User is laughing (at you!)
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
Uh oh!
( 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 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
:→ hey hey
boo hoo X-( net.suicide
:-I hmm
uh oh >:-I net.startrek
nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets
Male :- Female >-
Infinity 8
- And the (IMHO) All Time Classic:
%\v Picasso
From: Charles Guest News Administrator newsadm@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov August 13, 1989
A pig:
:@)
A leper:
: )
Jimmy Durante:
:###)
Donald Trump:
:$)
Carl Friedrich Gauss
:+)
Peter Ubberoth:
:~)
Jose Feliciano:
-)
Helen Keller:
-
Dolly Parton:
:-) 8
John Holmes:
:-) ---
Bon Jovi:
###
#:-)
###
Ed Koch:
#
:-)
#
Bozo the Clown:
###
:o)
###
Siamese twins:
(-::-)
An accountant:
:%)
Sam Kinnison:
:-)!!!
Wilt Chamberlin:
:-)
Willie Shoemaker:
:-)
a schizophrenic:
- !#*!^*&
a manic depressive:
:-) ... :-( ... :-) ... :-( ....
Adolph Hitler:
:-=)
Arnold Schwarznegger:
:-)==
98-pound weakling:
:-)--
Sammy Davis, Jr.:
.-)
an innie (belly button):
:-) .
an outie:
:-) ,
a slut:
:-) <
a celibate:
:-) >
a nymphomaniac:
:-) < ... :-) < ... :-) < ....
Lesbians:
:-Q <
> Q-:
A philosopher:
:?)
John Q. Public:
:Q)
Everyman:
:*)
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 over Unix.
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
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
:-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)
Nyahhhh!
:-S User just made an incoherent statement
User is laughing (at you!)
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
Uh oh!
( 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
:-` 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 ~~ net.flame
| -) hee hee O |
:→ hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards
boo hoo X-( net.suicide
:-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio
uh oh >:-I net.startrek
nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets
:-} beard
:-{ mustache
:-# braces
bow tie
:-Q smoker
<:I dunce
(:I egghead
@:I turban
glasses
B-) horn-rims
8:-) glasses on forehead
:-8( condescending stare
wink
:-< mad
Drama Comedy Surpise Suspense 8-|
Male :- Female >-
Birth |-O Death 8-#