The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary

:-) Your basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix.
;-) Winky smiley. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark. More of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smiley.
:-( Frowning smiley. User did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something.
:-I Indifferent smiley. Better than a Frowning smiley but not quite as good as a happy smiley
:-> User just made a really biting sarcastic remark. Worse than a :-).
:-> User just made a really devilish remark.  
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 a robot
8-) User is wearing sunglasses
B:-) Sunglasses on head
::-) User wears normal glasses
B-) User wears horn-rimmed glasses
:-{) 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 juust made a wry statement
:-* User just ate something sour
:-ss) User has a cold
:'-( User is crying
:'-) User is so happy, they are 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 punk rocker
-:-( User is a real punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)
:=) User has two noses
':-) User shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning
,:-) Same thing...other side
|-I User is asleep
|-O User is yawning/snoring
O-) 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
:-X User's lips are sealed
:-C User is really bummed
 
:-/ User is skeptical
C=:-) User is a chef
*<:-) User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat
:-o Uh oh!
(8-o It's Mr. Bill!
*:o) And Bozo the Clown!
3:] Pet smiley
3:[ Mean Pet smiley
E-:-) User is a Ham radio operator
:-9 User is licking their 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

The invisible smiley
.-) User only has one eye
,-) Ditto...but he's winking
8 :-) User is a wizard
:-1 smiley bland face
:-#| 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
:-q. smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose
:-e. disappointed
:-t. cross
:-i. semi-smiley
:-o. smiley singing
{:-). smiley with its hair parted in the middle
}:-). smiley with its hair parted in the middle in an updraft
:-a. lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
-s. smiley after a BIZARRE comment
g-) smiley with ponce-nez glasses

Last revised Friday, March 1, 1996