Life's Little Smilie Dictionary
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:-)   Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or
      joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection.
;-)   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 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 drools
:-~)  User has a cold
:'-(  User is crying
:'-)  User is so happy, s/he is crying
:-@   User is screaming
:-#   User wears braces
:^)   User has a broken nose
:v)   User has a broken nose, but it's the other way
:_)   User's nose is sliding off of his face
:<)   User is from an Ivy League School
:-&   User is tongue tied.
=:-)  User is a hosehead
-:-)  User is a punk rocker
-:-(  (real punk rockers don't smile)
:=)   User has two noses
+-:-) 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 statement
:-D   User is laughing (at you!)
:-X   User's lips are sealed
:-C   User is really bummed
<|-)  User is Chinese
<|-(  User is Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes
:-/   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 smilie
3:[   Mean Pet smilie
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
:-0   No Yelling!  (Quiet Lab)
:-:   Mutant Smilie
      The invisible smilie
.-)   User only has one eye
,-)   Ditto...but he's winking
X-(   User just died
8 :-) User is a wizard
C=}>;*{))  Mega-Smilie... 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 smilies.
 
:)    Midget smilie
:]    Gleep...a friendly midget smilie who will gladly be your friend
=)    Variation on a theme...
:}    What should we call these? (what?)
:)    Happy
:>    What?
:@    What?
:D    Laughter
:I    Hmmm...
:(    Sad
:[    Real Downer
:<    What?
:{    What?
:O    Yelling
:C    What?
:Q    What?
:,(   Crying
[]    Hugs and
:*    Kisses
|I    Asleep
|^o   Snoring
:-`   Spitting out chewing tobacco
:-1   Bland face
:-@   Screaming
:-#|  Bushy mustache
:-$   Mouth wired shut
:-%   Banker
:-6   Ate something sour
:^)   Pointy nose (righty)
:-7   After a wry statement
8-)   Swimmer
:-*   Ate something bitter
:-&   Tongue-tied
:-0   Orator
      Invisible man
(:-(  Frowning
(:-)  Big-face
):-(  Unsmiley big-face
)8-)  Scuba smiley big-face
=:-)  Punk-rocker
=:-(  (real punk rockers don't smile)
+:-)  Priest
:-q   Smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose
:-e   Disappointed
:-t   Cross
:-i   Semi-smiley
:-o   Singing national anthem
:-p   Sticking its tongue out (at you!)
:-[   Un-smiley blockhead
:-]   Blockhead
:-{   Variation on a theme
:-}   Ditto
{:-)  Hair parted in the middle
}:-)  Above in an updraft
:-a   Lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
:-s   Smiley after a BIZARRE comment
:-d   Lefty smiley razzing you
g-)   With ponce-nez glasses
:-j   Left smiling smilely
:-k   Beats me, looks like something, though
:-l   Y. A. S.
:-:   Mutant
:-\   Undecided
:-|   Have an ordinary day
;-)   Winking
:-<   Real sad
:-x   My lips are sealed
:-c   Bummed out
:-v   Talking head
:v)   Left-pointing nose
:-b   Left-pointing tongue
:-/   Lefty undecided
:-?   Smoking a pipe
.-]   One-eyed
,-}   Wry and winking
0-)   Cyclops (scuba diver?)
:-=)  Older smiley with mustache
:u)   Funny-looking left nose
:n)   Funny-looking right nose
:<    Midget unsmiley
:>    Midget smiley
}:^#}) Mega-smiley:  updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with
       a double-chin
:-)   ha ha
|-)   hee hee
|-D   ho ho
:->   hey hey
:-(   boo hoo
:-I   hmm
:-O   uh oh
:-P   nyah nyah
|-P   yuk
~~:-( net.flame
O |-) net.religion
:-}   beard
:-I   net.unix-wizards
:-{   Mustache
X-(   net.suicide
:-#   Braces
E-:-I net.ham-radio
:-X   Bow tie
>:-I  net.startrek
:-Q   Smoker
3:o[  net.pets
<:I   Dunce
(:I   Egghead
@:I   Turban
8-)   Glasses
B-)   Horn-rims
8:-)  Glasses on forehead
:-8(  Condescending stare
>:-<  Mad
:-(   Drama
:-)   Comedy
:-o   Surpise
8-|   Suspense
:-    Male
>-    Female
|-O   Birth
8-#   Death
8     Infinity
 
 
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                                Allison Smith
                        University of Wisconsin Madison
                   School of Library and Information Studies
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