Smiley Dictionary


Note:  This might mess-up being looked at with a www browser, since
       many smileys use less than and greater than signs. Unfortunately,
       they're also used in HTML (hypertext markup language, which
       is used to format web pages with).  Some of these signs I had to
       change to either an "(" or ")" once I saw that Microsoft Internet
       Explorer was interpreting them.  Other browsers might do the
       same.  To view this, saving this page as a text file, and then
       opening it up with your text browser, might work better, since
       I'm leaving this page as raw, pre-formatted text.
       Bert
The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary:
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 :-o    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
 :-D    Said with a smile          %-(I)   Drunk with laughter
 :-x    Kiss kiss                  :-"     Pursing lips
 :-[    Pouting                    :-#     My lips are sealed
 :-X    A big wet kiss!            :-P     Tongue hanging out in anticipation
 :-Y    A quiet aside              8-|     Eyes wide with surprise
 >-<    Absolutely livid!!         &-|     Tearful
 @@@@@@@@@@:-)    "Marge Simpson!"
           |-{    "Good Grief!"  (Charlie Brown?)
           :-}    "Thish wine tashted pretty good"
           8-]    "wow, maaan"
           8-O    "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?)
           :-,    "Hmmmm "
           |~(    "Someone just busted my nose"
           :^D    "Great! I like it!"
           B-D    "Serves you right, dummy!!"
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 :-)   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
 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 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
|-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
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
|-)     hee hee
|-D     ho ho
:->     hey hey
:-(     boo hoo                   X-(   net suicide
:-I     hmm
:-O     uh oh                    >:-I   net startrek
:-P     nyah nyah                3:o[   net pets
|-P     yuk
Male    :-
Female  >-
Infinity        8
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%\v     Picasso
:)      smiley
>:)     a little devil
%-|     been working all night
::-)    wears glasses
}:-(    bull headed
:-{)    has a mustache
:-#     braces
:-&     tounge-tied
:-D     big smile
C|:-=   Charlie Chaplin
=|:-)=  Abe Lincoln
:-W     speak with forked tongue
:-@     "I swear"
:-X     my lips are sealed
:-C     really bummed out
C=:-)   chef
*<:-)   Santa Claus
:-O     Mr  Bill
*:o)    Bozo
:*)     Ed McMahon
[:-)    wearing a walkman
:-))    double chin
:-7     smokes a pipe
C:#     football player
:-)8    man with bowtie
:-()    I stubbed my toe
:-( )   You stepped on my toe
:-(  )  You backed your car over my toe
(\\n: *)    a cat
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Now here are some abbreviations you may often see:
CIS     =  Consumer Information Service (of CompuServe) (also CSi)
*P*     =  Prodigy Information Service (U.S.)
RTFM    =  Read the, uh, Friggin' Manual
PITA    =  Pain in the "acronym"
BTW     =  By the way
BFN     =  Bye, for now
TSR     =  Terminate and Stay Resident program
OTOH    =  On the other hand
OTTH    =  On the third hand
FWIW    =  For what it's worth
ROTFL   =  Rolling on the floor laughing
RSN     =  Real Soon Now
TTYL    =  Talk to you later
TTFN    =  Ta ta for now
WYSIWYG =  What you see is what you get
YMMV    =  Your mileage may vary
PPN     =  Programmer Project Number. Ie, a CIS user's ID#.
OIC     =  Oh, I see!
IMHO    =  In my humble opinion [the speaker is never humble]
IMCO    =  In my considered opinion
g,d&r   =  grinning, ducking, and running
OOTB    =  Out of the box
TTTTAF  =  Porky Pig's favorite!
That's it!


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