Smilie Face Dictionary (emoticons)

Tilt your head to the left to see faces. 
Smilie faces express feelings & show actions or “body language”. 
You’ll find them used in chat, concerts, bulletin boards, 
t-shirts, e-mail, malls... My gosh, everywhere! 
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Your basic faces:
:-)  = smile                     :-D  = laughing smile
:-*  = kiss                      ;-)  = wink
:-X  = my lips are sealed        :-P  = blah [slip of the tongue]
:-|  = indifferent               :-(  = frown
:'(  = crying                    :-o  = oh!
0:-) = angel                     >:-> = devil
:->  = biting sarcastic smile    >;-> = devilish wink
 
In addition to faces, the following symbols express emotions
and/or actions:
\\//_   = Vulcan salute \o/     = Praise the Lord, pray, whatever... ->>>>-- = Feather=just teasing, tickling ()      = Cuddling (example:  ((((John)))) John is being sent
                              cuddles by the user.) {}      = Hug (example: {{{Jane}}} Jane is being sent
                             hugs by the user.) <>      = Making Love ><      = Opposite of above - not to be used in polite company @-`-,-- = A rose for you (this one even has thorns!)... _________________________________________________________________   Also, users can use shorthand (or abbreviations) of commonly
used expressions:
AFK    = away from keyboard      J/K = Just Kidding BAK    = back at keyboard        LOL = Laughing Out Loud BBL    = Be Back Later         NIFOC = Nude In Front Of Computer CUL8er = See you Later           OIC = Oh I See BRB    = be right back            PU = That Stinks! BTW    = By The Way... ROTFL  = Rolling On The Floor Laughing DITYID = Did I Tell You I'm Distressed? GMTA   = Great Minds Think Alike GTRM   = Going To Read Mail SOL    = You're Out of Luck (or Smiling Out Loud) Txs    = Thanks or Texas BFD    = Big Deal!  I'm not impressed... WGFF?  = Who Gives A Flying Flood?
         (a different way of saying "I don't care") _________________________________________________________________   Note: Lots of these smilies can be typed without noses
to make midget smilies:
:)   = Midget smilie                      :} = Sheepish smilie :>   = Impish smilie                      :( = Sad :@   = look at my tonsils!                :{ = pout :D   = Laughter                           :[ = Real Downer :I   = Hmmm...                            :< = disappointed :O   = Yelling                           :,( = Crying :C   = jutting lower lip pout             |I = Asleep :Q   = shouting with a cold sore         |^o = Snoring []   = Hugs and ...                       :* = Kisses :]   = Gleep...friendly midget smilie who'll gladly be
       your friend. =) and  8) = Variations on a theme _________________________________________________________________   Plus, you can offer someone a drink: |_|}  = cup of coffee (or other beverage) >-I   = martini glass _}]   = beer mug                      ]-|   = champagne glass )-I   = wine glass                    }-I   = margarita glass _________________________________________________________________   Animals: :V     = woodpecker )      = Cheshire cat. 3:-o   = cow ~~~~8} = snake 8:]    = a gorilla 8)     = a frog B)     = a frog who is wearing sunglasses 8P     = a bullfrog and it's mating season 8b     = ditto |)     = a salamander :8)    = a pig 3:-o   = a cow :3-<   = a dog pp#    = a cow pq`#'  = a bull _________________________________________________________________   Famous people faces: +O:-)  = the Pope C=:-)  = the Galloping Gourmet =):-)  = Uncle Sam =|:-)  = Abe Lincoln 4:-)   = George Washington 5:-)   = Elvis Presley 7:-)   = Fred Flintstone
       = Helen Keller :/7)   = Cyrano de Bergerac >:*)   = Bozo the Clown #:o+=  = Betty Boop _:^)   = an Indian >>-O-> = Gen. Custer 8(:-)  = Walt Disney 7:^)   = Ronald Reagan _________________________________________________________________   If the medium supports the Apple option-key characters,
you can have the following faces:
:-(tm) = user is a lawyer :-£    = English banker :-¢    = penny pincher :-∞    = tongue-tied :-§    = one heck of a cold sore! :-¶    = licking upper lip in anticipation or satisfaction :-•    = woah! :--    = ooh! :-≠    = mouth is wired shut! :-«    = debonair moustache :-¿    = confused in Spanish :-≈    = hare lip :-◊    = open-mouthed kiss :-∑    = monster frown :-(c)  = unhappy cuz of double chin :-∆    = talking sideways :-~)   = runny nose :-∫    = wishy washy smile :-√    = eck! :-Œ    = Vampire with thick upper lip _________________________________________________________________   Here are tons more faces: (-:    = User is left handed  %-)    = Been staring at green screen for 15 hours straight :*)    = Drunk (hiccup!) [:]    = 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  :-{)   = 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!)  :-C    = User is really bummed  :-/    = 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. =:H    = What a cute rabbit! 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  :-`    = smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco :-1    = smiley bland face :-!    = smiley bland face with a cold sore :-#|   = smiley face with bushy mustache :-$    = smiley face with it's mouth wired shut :-%    = smiley banker   :-6    = smiley after eating something sour   :^)    = smiley with pointy nose (righty)   :-7    = smiley after a wry statement   8-)    = smiley swimmer   :-*    = smiley after eating something bitter   :-&    = smiley which is tongue-tied   {:-)   = smiley with its 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-)    = smiley with ponce-nez glasses   :-j    = left smiling smilely   :-k    = beats me, looks like something, tho.   :-v    = talking head smiley :-o    = smiley singing national anthem   :-p    = smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)   0-)    = smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)   :-=)   = older smiley with mustache   :u)    = smiley with funny-looking left nose   :n)    = smiley with funny-looking right nose   :-q    = smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose   =:-(   = frowning punk-rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) =:-)   = smiley punk-rocker        = smiley invisible man      (:-)  = smiley big-face ):-(   = unsmiley big-face         ):-)  =        " )O-)   = scuba smiley big-face     :-e   = disappointed smiley :-t    = cross smiley              :-i   = semi-smiley   :-[    = Un-smiley blockhead       +:-)  = smiley priest   :-{    = variation on a theme      :-]   = smiley blockhead :-}    = ditto                     :-0   = smiley orator   :-l    = y. a. s.                  :-:   = mutant smiley :-\    = Undecided smiley          .-]   = one-eyed smilely :-|    = "have an ordinary day"    :-?   = smilely smoking a pipe ;-)    = winking smiley            ,-}   = wry and winking :-<    = real sad smiley           :<    = midget unsmiley   :->    = y.a.s.                    :v)   = left-pointing nose :-z    = y.a.c.s.                  :-b   = left-pointing tongue :-c    = bummed out smiley         :-/   = lefty undecided smiley :-)    = ha ha                     |-P   = yecch ~~:-(  = net.flame                 :-}   = beard |-)    = hee hee                   :-{   = mustache O |-)  = net.religion              :-#   = braces |-D    = ho ho                     :-X   = bow tie :->    = hey hey                   :-Q   = smoker 8 :-I  = net.unix-wizards          <:I   = dunce :-(    = boo hoo                   (:I   = egghead X-(    = net.suicide               @:I   = turban :-I    = hmm                       8-)   = glasses E-:-I  = net.ham-radio             B-)   = horn-rims :-O    = Uh oh                    8:-)   = glasses on forehead >:-I   = net.startrek             3:o[   = net.pets >:-<   = mad                       :-    = Male :-(    = Drama                      >-   = Female :-)    = Comedy                  |-O=    = Birth :-o    = Surpise                   8-#   = Death 8-|    = Suspense                    8   = Infinity :-8(   = condescending stare }:^#}) = mega-smiley:  updrafted bushy-mustached pointy-nosed                        smiley with a double-chin. C=}>;*{))   = Ultra-Mega-Smilie...               A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an               updraft, a mustache, and a double chin. _________________________________________________________________   Smilie Faces collected by AFL TracyP:  :-(*)   sick of recent netnews and is about to barf  [:|]    a robot (or other appropriate AI project)  :>)     submitter has a big nose  :<|     submitter attends an Ivy League school  :%)%    submitter has acne  #-)     submitter partied all night  :-*     submitter just ate a sour pickle  :-'|    submitter has a cold  :-R     submitter has the flu  :-)'    submitter tends to drool ':-)     submitter accidentally shaved off one of his          eyebrows this morning  0-)     submitter wearing scuba mask  P-)     getting fresh  |-)     falling asleep  .-)     submitter has one eye  :=)     submitter has two noses  :-D     submitter talks too much  :-{)    submitter has moustache  :-)}    submitter has goatee/beard  :-d~    submitter smokes heavily  Q:-)    a new grad  (-:     Australian  M:-)    saluting  (:  (=| submitter is going to be a ghost for Halloween...  =:-H    submitter plays for NFL  (V)=|   a pacman champion  M-)  :X)  :-M     submitter sees no evil, hears no evil,          speaks no evil  C):-O  C):-O  C):-O  C):-O   submitter is a barbershop quartet   >:-(   is sick and tired of reading this nonsense    ;^?   was punched out for submitting sexist article    |-O   is bored by the article that you submitted    *-)   was shot for the last posting ~~\8-O   needs to fix frayed cord on terminal    8-O   has taken too many nodoz to work on thesis   L:-)   just graduated B-)-[<   is wearing sunglasses and swimming trunk    :-#   has been punched in the mouth    R-)   has broken glasses     . .      |  is lying down   |:-)   has heavy eyebrows   {:-)   has new hair style {:-{)}   has new hair style, mustache and beard   (:-)   has no hair    :~)   has ugly nose (needs nose job)    :-E   has major dental problems   C:-)   has large brain capacity   |:-|   is excessively rigid   :-G-   smokes cigarettes   :-p~   smokes heavily   \:-)   wears a french hat    $-)   is a yuppie _________________________________________________________________ 19/01/95 ST.JALMES_Y@ellis.fdn.org Credits for all those who created or collected the faces & shorthand presented here: A to Zen, AFA Kathy, AFL MacArt, AFL TracyP, ApleWizard, BigSkyMac, Bwain, Darsys, Kristian Gallagher, Randalltoo, Rome Dome, Sakko, Sports Fan and all others anonymous.

Smilie Face Dictionary was originately a Desk Accessory for Mac OS, also released as a stand-alone DocMaker document. You can also download here:
Smilie_Face_Dictionary.txt, the "TXT" version (for ASCII geeks);
The DocMaker standalone application in Stuffit format (still work in OSX classic mode running on PowerPC Mac). 

 

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