EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet - Smileys

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Smileys

When you're involved in an online discussion, you can't see the smiles or shrugs
that the other person might make in a live conversation to show he's only
kidding.  But online, there's no body language. So what you might think is
funny, somebody else might take as an insult.  To try to keep such
misunderstandings from erupting into bitter disputes, we have smileys.  Tilt
your head to the left and look at the following sideways. :-).  Or simply
:).This is your basic "smiley." Use it to indicate people should not take that
comment you just made as seriously as they might otherwise.  You make a smiley
by typing a colon, a hyphen and a right parenthetical bracket. Some people
prefer using the word "grin," usually in this form:

<grin>

Sometimes, though, you'll see it as *grin* or even just <g> for short.Some other
smileys include:

 * ;-)
Wink;

 * :-(
Frown;

 * :-O
Surprise;

 * 8-)
Wearing glasses;

 * =|:-)=
Abe Lincoln.

OK, so maybe the last two are a little bogus :-), but for some really fancy
ones, see section The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary.

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Widely used Smileys

(-: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.

:-)-8User is a Big girl.

:-{)User has a mustache.

:-{}User wears lipstick.

{:-)User wears a toupee.

}:-(Toupee in an updraft.

:-[User is a vampire.

:-EBucktoothed vampire.

:-FBucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing.

:-7User juust 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.

|-IUser is asleep.

|-OUser is yawning/snoring.

:-QUser 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).

:-`User spitting out its chewing tobacco.

:-SUser just made an incoherent statement.

:-DUser is laughing (at you!)

:-XUser's lips are sealed.

:-CUser 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.

:-oUh oh!

(8-oIt'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.

:-9User is licking his/her lips.

%-6User is braindead.

[:-)User is wearing a walkman.

(:IUser is an egghead.

<:-IUser is a dunce.

K:PUser is a little kid with a propeller beenie.

@:-)User is wearing a turban.

:-0No Yelling!  (Quiet Lab)

:-:Mutant smiley; the invisible smiley.

.-)User only has one eye.

,-)Ditto...but he's winking.

X-(User just died.

8 :-)User is a wizard.

-=* :-)User is a TeX wizard.

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Midget Smileys

A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smileys.

:)Midget smiley.

:]Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend.

=)Variation on a theme...

:}What should we call these? (what?)

:)Happy.

:>What?

:@What?

:DLaughter.

:IHmmm...

:(Sad.

:[Real Downer.

:<What?

:{What?

:OYelling.

:CWhat?

:QWhat?

:,(Crying.

[]Hugs and ...

:*Kisses.

|IAsleep.

^oSnoring.

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Mega Smileys

C=}&#62;;*{))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.

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Usenet Smileys

In some Usenet articles you might also find these smileys which form a certain
"dialect" developed and used in this most creative environment.

~~:-(Net.flame

O |-)Net.religion

8 :-INet.unix-wizards

X-(Net.suicide

E-:-INet.ham-radio

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Emotional Smileys

:-)ha ha

|-)hee hee

|-Dho ho

:->hey hey

:-(boo hoo

:-Ihmmm

:-Ooops

:-Pnyahhhh!

"The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought
of someone to blame it on."
--- Jone's Law

"Standing on head makes smile of frown,
but rest of face also upside down."
--- Fortune cookie

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