-( always should wear safety glasses, especially in the laser burn-in room
!-( black eye
!-| "I-am-a-Cylon-Centurian-with-one-red-eye-bouncing-back-and-forth."
!.'v (profile) flat top
!|:-( ) being brained by a baseball bat
#(,'%/) slept too long on one side and didn't have time to wash hair
#-) partied all night
#:-) "Everything you know is wrong"
#:-o "Jesus built my hotrod"
#:o+= Betty Boop
$$ for academic jobs
$$$ for industrial jobs
$$$$ for people starting up their own company
$-) Alex P. Keaton (from "Family Ties")
won big at Las Vegas
won the lottery
yuppie
% for bike accidents (a bit far-fetched, I suppose)
%') after drinking a fifth for lunch
%*@:-( hung over
%*} very drunk
%+{ lost a fight
%-( confusion
%-(I) laughing out loud
%-) after staring at the terminal for 36 hours
broken glasses
cross-eyed
drunk with laughter
long bangs
%-6 braindead
%-<I> drunk with laughter
%-\ hungover
%-^ Picasso
%-{ sad variation
%-| been working all night
%-} humor variation
%-~ Picasso
%\v Picasso
&-| tearful
&.(.. crying
&:-) curly hair
'-) one eyed man
only has a left eye, which is closed
wink
':-) accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning
one eyebrow
'~;E unspecified 4-legged critter
() reference to American football
(,'%/) slept too long on one side
(-) needing a haircut
needs a haircut
(-.-)Zzz... sleeping
(-: Australian
left-handed
(-::-) Siamese twins
(-:|:-) Siamese twins
(-E: wearing bifocals
(-_-) secret smile
(-o-) Imperial Tie Fighter ("Star Wars")
(00) mooning you
(8-) wears glasses
(8-o Mr. Bill
(8-{)} glasses, moustache and a beard
(: (=| wearing a ghost costume
(:)-) likes to scuba dive
scuba diving
(:+) big nose
(:- unsmiley frowning
(:-# I am smiling and I have braces (watch out for the glare!)
said something he shouldn't have
(:-$ ill
ill-informed about the Renaissance
(:-& Rosicrucian
angry
(:-( Sting
frowning
unsmiley frowning
(:-) big-face
no hair
smiley big-face
surprised
wearing bicycle helmet
(:-* kissing
(:-... heart-broken
(:-D blabber mouth
(:-I egghead
(:-\ VERY sad
(:-{~ bearded
(:-|K- formally attired
(:<) Rastafari
blabber mouth
(:=) TWO noses (?)
(:>-< thief: hands up!
(:I egghead
(:^( Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
broken nose
(@ @) You're kidding!
(H f Robocop in a hydraulic press
(O--< fishy
(V)=| pacman champion
(X0||) double hamburger with lettuce and tomato
(|-| Robocop
([( Robocop
(^^)y-~~~ smoking
(}-8] left-handed bearded smiley with glasses and headphones
)8-) scuba smiley big-face
):-( unsmiley big-face
):-) smiley big-face
*!#*!^*&:-) a schizophrenic
** for winter sports generally
**-( too many shocks
*-( Cyclops got poked in the eye
*-) shot dead
*8-) Beaker (the Muppet lab assistant)
*:* fuzzy
*:** fuzzy with a fuzzy mustache
*:o) Bozo the Clown
*<.'v (profile) wearing snow cap
*<8-)X party outfit with hat and bow-tie
*<:-) Santa Claus
*<|:-) Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
*<|:-)) Santa Claus
*L* blotto
*| for oh what a beautiful sunset
+-(:-) Religious leader
the Pope
+-:-) priest
+:-) priest
smiley priest
+<.'v (profile) knight
+<:-) "Peace be upon you, my children..."
+<:-| monk/nun
+<||-) knight
+O:-) the Pope
,-) one eye ... and winking
other eyed man
,-} wry and winking
,.'v (profile) has short hair
,:-) toupee
shaved his left eyebrow off this morning
- @= messages about nuclear war
---... SOS (variant)
---...--- SOS (really OSO, but retained anyway)
-/- stirring up trouble
-:) has mohawk
-:-( punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)
-:-) has mohawk
punk rocker
-= a doused candle (to end a flame)
-=#:-) wizard
->- for airline tickets going cheap
->=:-)X Zippy the Pinhead
'! (profile) grim
'" (profile) pursing lips
'J (profile) smiling
'P (profile) sticking tongue out
'T (profile) keeping a straight face
'U (profile) yawning
'V (profile) shouting
'Y (profile) whistling
'\ (profile) frowning
'r (profile) sticking tongue out
'v (profile) talking
'w (profile) speaking with forked tongue
-( always should wear safety glasses
-) Sammy Davis, Jr.
one eye
-] one eye
.---... ABBA fan
SOS
...( Wile E. Coyote after attempt on Road Runner's life
\/ duck variation
^v (profile) pointy nose
_) suffering from Lorentz contraction (they're coming every ten minutes now)
suffering from Lorentz contractions
/8^{~ hair line, glasses, moustache, and goatee
/:-| Mr. Spock
/;-) has one big thick cockeyed eyebrow
/\ for camping and backpacking
0-( scuba diver with a broken mask
0-) Cyclops
arc-welder
scuba diver
smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)
0:-) angel
2B|^2B "Forty Seconal should suffice"
message about Shakespeare
3:*> Rudolph the reindeer
3:-o cow
3:[ mean pet smiley
3:] pet smiley
3:o[ net.pets
4:-) George Washington
5:-) Elvis Presley
6\/) elephant
7:) Ronald Reagan
7:-) Fred Flintstone
7:^] Ronald Reagan
8 infinity
8 :-) wizard
8(:-) Mousketeer
Walt Disney
8) frog
8*) glasses and a moustache
8-# death
8-) "I was the second gunman"
excited
glasses
sunglasses
swimmer
wide-eyed look
8-* just ate a hot pepper
8-O "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?)
took too many nodoz to work on thesis
8-O --* just before doubling over with pain
8-P reaction to College Cafeteria Coffee
8-S sees all evil
8-] "wow, maaan"
8-o Mr. Bill
8-| eyes wide with surprise
suspense
8:) pig [The Grey Wolf]
8:-) glasses on forehead
little girl
8:] gorilla
8=:-) Galloping Gourmet
chef
8P bullfrog in mating season
8^ chicken
8_) don't get your nose out of joint
8b bullfrog in mating season
:%) an accountant
:%)% has acne
:'( crying
:'-( crying
:'-) crying with happiness
:'O Bob Hope
:'} Richard Nixon
:( frowning
sad
:(=) Jimmy Carter
:) Cheshire cat smile
happy
midget smiley
salamander
:* kisses
:*) drunk
drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated before or
while reading netnews
everyman
smile with moustache
:-! bland face
smiley bland face
:-" heavy smoker
pursing lips
:-# braces
mouth zipped
my lips are sealed
punched in the mouth
:-#| bushy mustache
smiley face with bushy mustache
:-$ "These braces sure do hurt!"
mouth wired shut
sellout (does NOT rhyme with zealot!)
smile face with it's mouth wired shut
uncertainty
:-% banker
bearded
smiley banker
talking out of both sides of mouth
:-& tongue-tied
:-' smoker
:-'| has a cold
:-( "I will start with those you love most"
Drama
boo hoo
frowning
has read too many 'smiley' articles
mad
sad
sad face, 'that comment makes me sad (mad)'
un-smiley
:-( ) You backed your car over my toe
:-() I stubbed my toe
:-(*) sick of netnews articles, about to vomit
:-(0) yelling
:-(=) big teeth
:-(>~ "I just washed my goatee, and I can't do nuthin' with it."
:-(O) yelling
:-) "We are all, each of us, alone"
Comedy
Your basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking
statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix.
ha ha, happy, humorous, smiley standard, smiling
the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article means 'this
is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'
:-) )-: masking theatrical comments
:-)' drooling
:-)) double chin
:-))) very overweight
:-)* speaks Esperanto
:-)-O smiling doctor with stethoscope
:-)8 man with bowtie
well dressed
:-)== Arnold Schwarzenegger
:-)X wearing a bowtie
:-)} has goatee/beard
:-)~ drooling
:-* Oops!
Oops! (covering mouth with hand)
after eating something bitter or sour
:-, "Hmmmm."
smirking
:--) Jamie Farr (Klinger from M*A*S*H)
:------------) big liar
:-.) Madonna
Marilyn Monroe
:-/ lefty undecided smiley
skeptical
:-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab)
orator
smiley orator
user can't find shift key
:-1 bland face
smiley bland face
:-6 after eating something sour
smiley after eating something sour
:-7 smiley after a wry statement
smokes a pipe
talking out of side of mouth
wry face
:-8 talking out both sides of your mouth
:-8( condescending stare
:-9 licking its lips
smiley licking it's lips
:-: mutant
mutant smiley
toothless
:-< frowning
moustache
real sad
real sad smiley
:-> biting sarcastic face
deformed lips
happy
hey hey
yet another smiley
:->X==| smiley formalware
:-? smiley smoking a pipe
smoking a pipe
tongue in cheek
:-@ "I swear"
beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
extremely angry
screaming
smiley face screaming
swearing
:-B drooling
:-C just totally unbelieving
really bummed out
:-D big smile
laughing (at you!)
said with a smile
talking too much
wider happy face
:-E bucktoothed vampire
has major dental problems
:-F bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing
:-G- smoking cigarettes
:-I hmm
indifferent
thinking
:-J tongue-in-cheek comments
:-M speaking no evil
:-O Wow!
birth
ohh, big mouth, Mick Jagger
uh oh
yelling
:-O>-o smiley American tourist (note big mouth and camera)
:-P Nyahhhh!
has a secret to tell you
nyah nyah
sticking out tongue
telling secrets
tongue hanging out in anticipation
:-Q smoker
:-Q~ smoking
:-R has the flu
:-S just made an incoherent statement
:-T keeping a straight face
keeping a straight face (tight-lipped)
:-V shouting
:-W speak with forked tongue
:-X A big wet kiss!
bow tie
my lips are sealed
:-Y a quiet aside
:-[ biting criticism
biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism
blockhead
pouting
sarcastic
un-smiley blockhead
vampire
:-\ Popeye
undecided smiley
:-] biting sarcasm
biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we
cannot inflect our voice over the net
blockhead
sarcastic
smiley blockhead
:-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
spitting out chewing tobacco
:-a lefty smiley touching tongue to nose
:-b "I have a longer tongue than Gene Simmons, only it is cloven"
left-pointing tongue
:-c bummed out
real unhappy
:-d lefty smiley razzing you
:-d~ smokes heavily
:-e disappointed
:-f sticking tongue out
:-i semi-smiley
:-j left smiling smiley
:-k beats me, looks like something, though
:-l yet another smiley
:-o "Oh, nooooooo!"
Uh oh!
Wow!
shocked
singing national anthem
smiley singing national anthem
surprise
yawn
:-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)
:-p~ smokes heavily
:-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose
trying to touch tongue to nose
:-r sticking tongue out
:-s after a BIZARRE comment
smiley after a BIZARRE comment
:-t cross smiley
:-v speaking
talking head smiley
:-w speak with forked tongue
:-x "my lips are sealed"
"my lips are sealed" smiley
kiss kiss
not telling any secrets
:-y said with a smile
:-z yet another cross smiley
:-{ mustache
smiley variation on a theme
:-{#} messages teasing people about their braces
:-{) moustache
normal smiling face with a moustache
:-{} heavy lipstick
:-{~ has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to lunch
:-| "have an ordinary day"
"have an ordinary day" smiley
grim
no expression
no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'
:-| :-| deja' vu
:-|| angry
:-} "Thish wine tashted pretty good"
beard
fiendish grin
lipstick
normal smiling face with pretty lips
pretty lips
wears lipstick or some other lip appearance improving device
:-~) has a cold
:/) not funny
:/7) Cyrano de Bergerac
:/i no smoking
:3-< dog
:8) pig
::-) wears glasses
::=)) double vision or needs new shocks
:< midget unsmiley
what pretences!
:<() African tribesman
:<)= for those with beards too
:<= walrus
:=) has two noses
:=8) baboon
:> hmm, let me think...
midget smiley
:>) big nose
:?) philosopher
:@ what?
:@) pig
:V woodpecker
:V) woodpecker
:X lips are sealed
:X) hearing no evil
:[ real downer
:] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend
:^( has had his nose put out of joint; useful for replying to flames
:^) 3/4 view of person with elf-type sharp nose
:^D "Great! I like it!"
:^{ for those with moustaches
:^{)> moustache and beard
:_) after a fight where his nose was smashed in
nose sliding off face
:c) big nose variant
:c< big nose variant
:d stick out your tongue
:u) funny-looking left nose
:{ oh boy, the headmaster!...
:} What should we call these? (what?)
:~( nose put out of joint
:~) needs a nosejob
pointy nose (righty)
smiling face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary
ugly nose
:~-( cryin
:~-) so happy, s/he is crying
:~/ really mixed up
; Cheshire cat with gingivitis
;( crying
;) winking
;-( 'that makes me so mad that if I ever see you I'll punch your lights out'
beaten up
crying
sad face gets his lights punched out
sad or mad and got beat up
;-) "If you touch my daughter again, they won't be blanks" [RICHH]
a practical joker who played one too many and got beat up
beaten up
could be pirate smiling face??
crying with happiness
getting fresh
sardonic incredulity
smiling face gets his lights punched out
winking
;-? wry tongue in cheek
;-D a friendly, winking, laughing smile
;-\ Popeye beaten up
Popeye gets his lights punched out
;-| beaten up but silent
no expression face gets his lights punched out
says nothing but still gets beat up
;-} leer? (terminal dependent)
;:-) really bad toupee
;^? punched out
<&&> message concerning rubber chickens
<*:oDX clown with bowtie and dunce
<:-( disappointed
dunce
<:-) dumb questions
<:-)<<| in a space rocket
<:-I dunce
<:-O Eeek!
<:>== a turkey emoticon
<:I dunce
<<<<(:-) hat salesman
<@:{(>X mustached chinese man with a toupee
sporting a goatee and a bowtie
<I==I) on four wheels
<{:-)} in a bottle
<|-( Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes
<|-(= Chinese and doesn't like this article
Chinese and unhappy
<|-) Chinese
<|-)= Chinese
=) variation on a theme...
=):-) Uncle Sam
=-O the Enterprise
=-O * * * the Enterprise firing photon torpedoes
=-O~~~ the Enterprise firing phasers
=.'v (profile) has mohawk
=0== Mexican on a railroad!
=8-> a nerd smiley that's unbearably pleased with itself
=:-#} punk rocker with a mustache
smiley punk with a mustache....
=:-( punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)
smiley punk-rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)
=:-) hosehead
punk rocker
smiley punk-rocker
=:-H football player
==#== railroad crossings
===:[OO']>:=== has been railroaded
=====:} snake
=|:-) Abe Lincoln
=|:-)= Abe Lincoln
>%) Wile E. Coyote
>-< absolutely livid!!
>-> china man
>-^);> fish
>8o!... Bugs Bunny with carrot
>:) a little devil
>:*) Bozo the Clown
>:-( mad, annoyed
sick and tired of reading this nonsense
>:-) devil
>:-< mad
>:-> devilish
>:-I net.startrek
>:-b left-pointing tongue smiley
>:^( headhunter (Amazon style)
>;-) devilish wink
>;-> winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made.
>< >< about/to someone wearing argyle socks
>>-O-> General Custer
>[I Television
>w nose-thumbing gesture
>|( Robocop: "Thank you for your co-operation."
>|-> Chinese
?-( about people with a black eye
has black eye
?:) single curl of hair
@%&$%& "you know what that means..."
@-( "Ulysses! Bring me Ulysses!"
@-) Cyclops
Space... The Final Frontier
seeing stars
@.'v (profile) has curly hair
@:-) Indian (East)
wavy hair
wearing a turban
@:I turban
@= flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows (mushroom cloud)
pro-nuclear war
@>--->---- a rose
B) frog wearing sunglasses
B-) Batman
(sun)glasses
B-D "Serves you right, dummy!!"
B-| cheap sunglasses
B:-) sunglasses on head
C:# football player
C:-) large brain capacity
C=:-) Galloping Gourmet
chef
C=}>;*{)) mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft,
a mustache, and a double chin
C=}>;*{O) mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft,
a mustache, and a double chin
C|:-= Charlie Chaplin
EK( Frankenstien
Ic:() pygmy with bone in hair
K:P a little kid with a propeller beanie
L:-) just graduated
M-) sees no evil
M-),:X),:-M sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil
M.^.M nirvana or the failure of a chiropracter
M:-) saluting
O 8-) the angelic halo look
O :-) an angel (at heart, at least)
O+ appropriate for women's messages, surely?
O-&-< doing nothing
O-(==< chastised and/or chagrined, or is merely asleep.
O-) cyclops
O-G-< pointing to self
O-S-< in a hurry
O-Z-< in a big hurry
O:-) acting very innocent (halo)
O>-<|= of interest to women
OO headlights on msg
P-) Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes)
getting fresh
Q:-) new graduate
R-) broken glasses
X-( just died
[8-{) bearded smiley with glasses and headphones
[:-) listening to walkman
wearing a walkman
[:-] square head
[:] robot
[:|] robot (or other AI project)
[= for messages about housing in Arizona
[] hugs
\.^./ lotus position, seen from above
\:-) french hat
\:^) gumby smiley
\o/ PTL (praise the lord, or pass the loot?)
]:-> The Devil
^(^ happy variation
^)^ ^(^ two people talking
^L^ happy
^v^v^ mountains
_:^) American Indian
_\\// Vulcan salute
__! enough for now
__. properly chastised and/or chagrined, or is merely asleep
__/~`-'~\_/ line of thought isn't quite a line
__Q~`__ cat
_______ Wile E. Coyote under rock
a He-Ne laser line
`-_-' Have you hugged your wolf today?
d :-o hats off to your great idea
d.'v (profile) wearing hard hat
d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat
d:-) baseball player
g-) wearing pince-nez glasses
i-=<*** __. CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it!
i-=<****** o-(==< CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it!
i-=<***i CAUTION: has flame thrower
o-) Cyclops
o-<:-{{{ santa
o/ raised hand
o= a burning candle (for flames)
oO:-)*** Santa Claus
oo "It's cold out"
somebody's head-lights are on
oo- puzzled, confused
pp# cow
pq`#' bull
q:-) wearing baseball cap backwards
r:-) wearing ponytail
y:-) bad toupee
{ Alfred Hitchcock
{(:-) wearing toupee
{0-) Cyclops
{8-} grinning mischievously (or just charmingly)
{:-) hair parted in the middle
new hair style
smiley with its hair parted in the middle
wearing a toupee
{:-{)} new hair style, mustache and beard
{:\/ sounds like a duck
{{-}}} refugee from the '60's
|) salamander
|-( asleep with nightmares
late at night
yawn
|-) Chinese
Same as :-) but poster is Oriental
asleep (boredom)
hee hee
|-<> kissy face
|-D ho ho
|-I sleeping
|-O bored
yawning/snoring
|:-) heavy eyebrows
|:-| excessively rigid
|:[' Groucho Marx
|I asleep
|^o snoring
|| for messages about cars or other four-wheeled vehicles
||*( handshake offered
||*) handshake accepted
|~( "Someone just busted my nose".
}(:-( wearing toupee in wind
}-) a wry grin
}:-( bull headed
toupee in an updraft
}:-) hair parted in the middle in an updraft
wearing toupee in an updraft
}:-< cat
}:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a
double-chin
}:~#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached ugly nosed smiley with a
double-chin
~ :-( particularly angry
~#:-( "I just washed my hair, and I can't do nuthin' with it."
~'v (profile) has long bangs
~:-( net.flame
~= a candle, to annotate flaming messages
~== flame follows (picture of a lit match or candle)
~M`'~ camel
~~~c___ beach
~~~~8} snake
~~~~~8} snake
~~~~~:> person in a transporter beam
~~~~~> photon