| Face | Meaning |
|---|
| :-) | Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix. |
| :-( | 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. |
| (-: | 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 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 |
| |-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 |
| :) | 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 |
| :-` | smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco |
| :-1 | smiley bland face |
| :-! | 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 |
| :-0 | smiley orator |
| | smiley invisible man |
| (:-( | unsmiley frowning |
| (:-) | smiley big-face |
| ):-) | smiley big-face |
| ):-( | unsmiley big-face |
| )8-) | scuba smiley big-face |
| =:-) | smiley punk-rocker |
| =:-( | (real punk rockers don't smile) |
| +:-) | smiley priest |
| :-q | smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose |
| :-e | disappointed smiley |
| :-t | cross smiley |
| :-i | semi-smiley |
| :-o | smiley singing national anthem |
| :-p | smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) |
| :-[ | un-smiley blockhead |
| :-] | smiley blockhead |
| :-{ | smiley variation on a theme |
| :-} | ditto |
| {:-) | 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. |
| :-l | y. a. s. |
| :-: | mutant smiley |
| :-\ | undecided smiley |
| :-| | "have an ordinary day" smiley |
| :-< | real sad smiley |
| :-> | y.a.s. |
| :-z | y.a.c.s. |
| :-x | "my lips are sealed" smiley |
| :-c | bummed out smiley |
| :-v | talking head smiley |
| :v) | left-pointing nose smiley |
| :-b | left-pointing tongue smiley |
| :-/ | lefty undecided smiley |
| :-? | smilely smoking a pipe |
| .-] | one-eyed smilely |
| ,-} | wry and winking |
| 0-) | smiley cyclops (scuba diver?) |
| :-=) | older smiley with mustache |
| :u) | smiley with funny-looking left nose |
| :n) | smiley with 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 |
| 8 :-I | net.unix-wizards |
| X-( | net.suicide |
| E-:-I | net.ham-radio |
| >:-I | net.startrek |
| 3:o[ | net.pets |
| :-} | beard |
| :-{ | mustache |
| :-X | bow tie |
| <: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 |
