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!)...
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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")
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
:-Π= Vampire with thick upper lip
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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.
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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
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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.
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