The Unofficial Smiley 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: Changing the mouth: :-[ A vampire. :-E Buck-toothed vampire. :-F Buck-toothed vampire with one tooth missing. :-7 Just made a wry statement. :-* Just ate something sour. :-@ Screaming. :-# Wears braces. :-& Tongue-tied. :-Q Smoking. :-? Smoking a pipe. :-P Sticking out tongue. :-S Just made an incoherent statement. :-D Laughing out loud. :-X Lips are sealed. :-C Really bummed. :-/ Skeptical. :-o Uh-oh. :-9 Licking his/her lips. :-0 No yelling! (quiet hours in the dorm) - also an orator. :-` Spitting (tobacco). :-1 Normal. :-! Normal. :-$ Mouth wired shut. :-% Banker. :-q Trying to touch tongue to nose. :-a Same as above on other side. :-e Disappointed. :-t Cross. :-i Semi-smiley. :-] Blockhead. :-[ Unsmiley blockhead. :-} Chapped lips, or bearded. :-{ Indifferent with moustache. :-j Left smiley. :-d Left smiley razzing reader. :-k Beats me. :-\ Undecided. :-| Have a day. :-< Real sad. :-x Lips are sealed. :-c Bummed out. :-v Talking head. :-b Stincking out tongue. Changing the nose: :*) Drunk. :^) Has a broken nose. :v) Broken nose in the other direction. :_) Nose is sliding off his/her face. :<) From an Ivy League school. :=) Two noses. :o) Clown. :u) Funny looking nose (left). :n) Funny looking nose (right). Changing the eyes: %-) Staring at the screen for 15 hours straight. 8-) Wearing sunglasses. B-) Wearing glasses (could be horn-rims). O-) Megaton, cyclops, of wearing a diving mask. .-) One-eyed. ,-) Winking, one-eyed. g-) Ponce-nez glasses. Changing more than one character: |-I Sleeping. |-O Yawning. %-6 Brain dead. |^o Snoring. :,( Crying, but without a nose. 8-| Suspenseful. Adding extra characters: ::-) Wears glasses (four eyes). B:-) Glasses on top of head. 8:-) Little girl. :-)-8 Big girl. :-{) Has moustache. :-#) Bushy moustache. {:-) Wears a toupee. }:-) Toupee in an updraft. :-)~ Drooling. :-~) Has a cold. :'-) So happy, he/she is crying. =:-) Hosehead. -:-) Punk rocker. +-:-) The Pope. `:-) Shaved off one eyebrow. ,:-) Shaved off the other eyebrow. O :-) Angel. C=:-) Chef. *<:-) Wearing a Santa Claus hat. E-:-) Ham radio operator. 8 :-) Wizard. @:-) Wearing a turban. [:-) Listening to a walkman. :-)) Double chin. >:-) Devil. (:-) Big smile. +:-) Priest. :-)X Wearing a bow tie. Misc: (-: Left handed. [:] Robot. :-{} Wearing lipstick. :'-( Crying. <|-) Chinese. <|-( Chinese, but doesn't like these kind of jokes. -:-( Real punk rockers don't smile. @= Pro-nuclear war. (8-o Mr. Bill. (From original Saturday Night Live) *:o) Bozo the Clown. 3:] Pet smile. 3:[ Mean pet smile. d8= Beaver with goggles and hard hat. (:I Egghead. <:-I Dunce. K:P Kid with propeller beanie. :-: Mutant. Invisible. X-( Dead. [] Hugs. ~~:-( Getting flamed. O |-) Religious. 8 :-I Unix wizard. >:-I Trekkie. 3:o[ Pet clown. 8 Infinity. Miniatures: :) Standard. :] Gleep. :@ Yelling. :D Laughing. :I Thinking. :( Sad. :[ Really bummed. :O Talking loudly. :Q Smoking. :* Kissing. |I Sleeping. |O Yawning. :P Sticking out tongue. =) Have a nice day. Unknowns: :} :> Many characteristics of different smileys to create 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 |