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 moustache.
:-{} User wears lipstick.
:-~) User has a cold.
:'-( User is crying.
:'-) User is so happy, s/he is
crying.
:-@ User is screaming.
:-& User is tongue tied.
`:-) User shaved one of
his eyebrows off this morning.
,:-) Same thing...other side.
.-) User only has one eye.
,-) Ditto...but he's winking.
|-I User is asleep.
|-O User is yawning/snoring.
:-Q User is a smoker.
:-? User smokes a pipe.
:-S User just made an incoherent
statement.
:-D User is laughing (at you!)
:-X User's lips are sealed.
:-C User is really bummed.
X-( User just died.
@:-) User is wearing a turban.
:-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab)
:-/ User is skeptical.
:-o Uh oh!
Midget Smileys
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. |
LessWidely
Used...But Fun
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.
<|-) User is Chinese
<|-( User is Chinese and doesn't
like
these kind of jokes.
C=:-) User is a chef.
@= User is pro-nuclear war.
*<:-) User is wearing a Santa
Claus Hat.
(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.
:-: Mutant smiley; the invisible
smiley.
8 :-) User is a wizard.
-=* :-) User is a TeX wizard.
{:-) 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 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 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.
Usenet Smileys
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
Mega Smileys
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.
...you get the idea...time to design your
own.... |