Welcome to yet another "Unofficial Smiley Dictionary". :-)
Here, you'll find A LOT of smileys. If you feel there are some smileys missing here,
please don't hesitate to email me a hint, explanation og even a supplemental list! :-)
Enjoy!
RoboDoc
:-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 %-<|> 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
|-{ "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!!"
:-) 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 statemen!
:-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
:-) 8 User is wearing a bikini
:-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 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 >-
%\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
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: *> a cat
Now here are some abbreviations you may often see:
CIS = Consumer Information Service (of CompuServe)
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
RSN = Real Soon Now
WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get
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