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:-o Wow! :-c Real unhappy :-| Grim :-C Just totally unbelieving := | Baboon :-B Drooling; also :|........ or :-O...... :-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 :*: couple kissing eachother |-{ "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
(-: User is left handed %-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight :*) User is drunk :9 User is hungry because he/she is licking his/hers lips [:] User is a robot ([-O User is a Robocop 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 :-)=B User is a big girl 1-o User didn't (want to) see that! :-{) 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 #:-) everything you know is wrong 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!) :-E User is laughing :-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 insane *<:-) 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 !-) User is a pirate +0) User is an alien <8) User is a witch :-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 8-0 User is amazed :-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
:] - 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 :| - Not exactly thrilled with the comment :\ - hmm... :Þ - sticking tongue out (alt + 0222)
:-` 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 :-} smiley has dry lips 8-) smiley swimmer :-* smiley after eating something bitter :-& smiley which is tongue-tied :-0 smiley orator (:-( unsmiley frowning =:-) smiley punk-rocker =8-) smiley punk-rocker with glasses =:-( (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 :-b tbbbbtttttthhhh =:-o Auuuugggh!
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 (:-) Captain Picard >>:-( Worf smiley :-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 d:-) baseball player o d:-)=;==| baseball player / / / :8I-|--< The seated smiley person with big nostrils who is picking his nose \/ \ !|:-() being brained by a baseball bat :-)8 man with bowtie :-() I stubbed my toe :-( ) You stepped on my toe :-( ) You backed your car over my toe
Japanese Internet users have come up with their own set of symbols to communicate emotions on-line. Unlike those used in the US and Europe, the Asian 'emotions' do not require one tilt one's head sideways to decode them.
(^_^) male smiley (^o^;) excuse me (arm is scratching back of the head) (^.^) female smiley - women not to show teeth (^^;) cold sweat (???) (2nd most popular in Japan) (^o^) happy (*^_^*) exciting \(^_^)/ male banzai smile "/" & "\" are raised arms \(^.^)? female banzai smiley (T-T) crying (^-^)/~ smiling and waving handkerchief (-_-;) a variation on the classic "sweat"
>^..^< a cat (in one line) < \\ : *> a cat (in three lines) < // <*{{{{>< a fish
@}->->- I love you
AOL = America Online Addy = Address BRB = Be right back CIS = Consumer Information Service (of CompuServe) RTFM = Read the, uh, Friggin' Manual ROTFL = Rolling on the floor and laughing PITA = Pain in the "acronym" BTW = By the way BFN = Bye, for now IRC = Internet Relay Chat TSR = Terminate and Stay Resident program TOS = Terms of service (AOL) LOL = Laughing out loud OTOH = On the other hand OTTH = On the third hand FWIW = For what it's worth RSN = Real Soon Now SASE = Self addressed stamp envelope SM = Snail mail SMA = Snail mail addy snail = Snail mail 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 WB = Welcome back (being back on IRC) WBS = Write back soon