: -) 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:
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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