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- Ever get one of these along with one of your messages? In case you
- were in doubt to what they meant, here's their explanations.
-
- :-) humorous
- :-( be prepared for trouble
- (:-) messages dealing with bicycle helmets
- <:-) dumb questions
- oo somebody's head-lights are on messages
- O>-<oe= of interest to women
- o>8<oe= about interesting women
- ;-) wink ( take this message with a grain of salt)
- oe-( late night messages
- :^) teasing people about their noses
- :-ae#ue teasing people about their braces
- - P.= about nuclear war
-
- More faces and funny messages!!
-
- (:-# concerning something that shouldnt have been said...
- (:-$ indicating person is ill...
- (:-& indicating person is angry...
- (:-* Kiss...
- (:+) concerning Jews...(i.e. big nose...)
- (:=) concerning people with TWO noses (???)
- (:-: indicating person is VERY sad...
- (:^( concerning people with broken noses
- (:<) concerning blabber mouths
- :-(=) about people with big teeth.
- &:-) from a person with curly hair
- P.:-) from a person with wavy hair
- ?-( about people with a black eye.
- *:* about fuzzy things
- *:** about fuzzy people with a fuzzy mustache
- %-) about people with broken glasses
- +<:-oe from a monk/nun...
- ae0-) from cyclops...
- (:-D cocerning another blabber mouth...
- (:-oeK- formal message.
- B-) from Batman !!!
- =0== - about mexican on a railroad!
- =t== - about mexican run over by train.
-
- Designed, Planned and otherwise electricuted by
- The G}riacio~rus Moshe Raccah and Venerable Yuval J. Pecht
-
- <ae:-)ue MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE...
- <:-)<<oe FROM A SPACE ROCKET...
- (:-... HEART-BREAKING MESSAGE...
- >oe-> FROM CHINA...
- <<<<(:-) FROM A HAT SALES-MAN...
- (O--< A FISHY MESSAGE...
- (8-) FROM A FOUR-EYE...
- (:>-< FROM A THIEF: HANDS UP!
- <I==I) A MESSAGE ON FOUR WHEELS
-
- These come from various places.
-
- :-p Bronx cheer (or sticking tongue out)
- oe:-) from someone with bushy eyebrows
- =========================================================================
- From: IAN MURPHY <CBWP8008P.IRUCCVAX>
-
- ae(^_^)ue --- to somebody wearing headphones.
- ae(-_^)ue --- wink at somebody wearing headphones.
-
- <^_^> --- ?
-
- <-v-> --- to somebody with a beak.
-
- <-_^> --- wink
-
- <O_O> --- to goggly eyes.
-
- <Q^Q> --- to somebody with funny looking glasses.
-
- (^U^) --- to big nose.
-
- <^*^> --- to somebody with a flattened nose.
-
- AeO!OUe --- to a surprised goggly eyes.
-
- (*v*) --- to somebody with two black eyes.
-
- From: hesP.ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
-
- :-O Wow :-oe Grim :- oe Baboon
- :-v Speaking :-V Shout :-w Speak with forked
- tongue
- :-r Sticking tongue out :-* Oops!
- :-x Kiss Kiss :-c Real unhappy
- :-C Just totally unbelieving :-B Drooling
- :-, Smirk :-oeoe Anger :-( Frowning
- '-) Wink ;-) Sardonic incredulity
- %-ue Drunk with laughter :-" Pursing lips
-
- From the keyboard of: =:-#} smiley punk with a mustache....
-
- Here it is folks, the last word in smiley faces. Below we have
- smiley face...
-
- :-´ smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
- :-1 smiley bland face
- :-! "
- :-@ smiley face screaming
- :-#| 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
- :-9 smiley licking it's lips
- :-0 smiley orator
- :-( un-smiley
- :-) smiley standard
- smiley invisible man
- (:-( unsmiley frowning
- (:-) 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
- ;-) winking 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
-
- Also there are many VLSF (very large
- smiley faces), for example:
-
- }:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed
- smiley with a double-chin
-
- Hope this list will spur people to use a larger variety of faces
- to more accurately describe themselves and what they are saying.
-
- Smiley list by <HR> [I take this one as THE standard]
-
- #-) submitter partied all night
- #:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
- #:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
- %-) person submitting has been staring at the terminal for 36 hours;
- submitter is cross-eyed;
- submitter with long bangs
- %-^ submitter is Picasso
-
- %*} submitter is very drunk
- '-) submitter only has a left eye, which is closed
- ':-) submitter accidenatlly shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning
- (-) submitter needing haircut
- (-: submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix;
- submitter is left-handed
- (-E: submitter wears bifocals
- (:)-) submitter likes to scuba dive
- (:-( unsmiley frowning
- (:I egghead
- )8-) scuba smiley big-face
- ):-( unsmiley big-face
- ):-) smiley big-face
- *-( Cyclops got poked in the eye
- *:o) submitter is a Bozo
- *<|:-) submitter is a Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
- +-(:-) submitter is the pope
- +:-) smiley priest
- +<:-) "Peace be upon you, my children..."
- ,-} wry and winking
- -:-) submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
- ->=:-)X Zippy the Pinhead
- .-) submitter has one eye
- .-( always should wear safety glasses
- -( especially in the laser burn-in room
- .-] one-eyed smiley
- 0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?);
- submitter is an arc-welder;
- submitter wearing scuba mask
- 0:-) angel
- 3:o[ net.pets
- 8 :-I net.unix-wizards
- /
- 8 ] submitter is pinochio
- 8-) smiley swimmer;
- submitter wears glasses;
- wide-eyed look
- 8:-) glasses on forehead;
- submitter is a little girl
- 8:] normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla
- 8*) smile with glasses and a moustache
- 8^ submitter is a chicken
- :%)% submitter has acne
- :*) drunk smiling face, for those of us who like to get intoxicated;
- before or while reading netnews;
- smile with moustache
- :- prolog programmer
- :-! smiley bland face
- :-# respondent's lips are sealed;
- braces
- :-#| smiley face with bushy moustache
- :-$ smile face with it's mouth wired shut
- :-% respondent has beard;
- smiley banker
- :-& smiley which is tongue-tied
- :-'| submitter has a cold
- :-( submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles;
- boo boo;
- un-smiley;
- sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]'
- :-(*) submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and is
- about
- to vomit
- :-) ha ha;
- the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article
- means
- 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'
- :-)' submitter tends to drool
- :-)-{8 submitter is a big girl
- :-)8 submitter is well dressed
- :-* smiley after eating something bitter;
- submitter just ate a sour pickle
- 8-* (Just ate a hot pepper)
- :-/ left undecided smiley
- :-0 smiley orator
- :-1 smiley bland face
- :-6 smiley after eating something sour
- :-7 smiley after a wry statement
- :-8( condescending stare
- :-9 smiley licking it's lips
- :-: mutant smiley
- :-< real sad smiley
- :-=) older smiley with mustache
- :-> hey hey;
- y.a.s.;
- normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above except
- person who
- submitted it has problems with their lips
- :-? smiley smoking pipe
- :-@ respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso;
- smiley face screaming
- :-D submitter talks too much;
- wider happy face
- :-I hmm
- :-O uh oh
- :-P nyah nyah
- :-Q smoker
- :-X bow tie
- :-[ un-smiley blockhead;
- biting criticism smiling face; ditto for criticism
- :-\ undecided smiley;
- popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye
- :-] smiley blockhead;
- biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since
- we
- cannot inflect our voice over the net
- :-´ smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
- :-a lefty smiley touching togue to nose
- :-b left-pointing tongue smiley
- :-c bummed out smiley
- :-d lefty smiley razzing you
- :-e disappointed smiley
- :-i semi-smiley
- :-j left smiling smiley
- :-k beats me, looks like something, tho
- :-l y.a.s.
- :-o submitter is shoked;
- smiley singing national anthem;
- "Oh, noooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
- :-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)
- :-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose
- :-s smiley after a BIZZARE comment
- :-t cross smiley
- :-v talking head smiley
- :-x "my lips are sealed" smiley
- :-z y.a.c.s.
- :-{ mustache;
- smiley variation on a theme
- :-{) normal smiling face with a moustache, same as #1 except submitter
- has
- moustache
- :-{~ submitter has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous
- to
- lunch
- :-| "have an ordinary day" smiley;
- no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'
- :-} beard;
- normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except person
- that
- submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other lip appearance
- improving
- device
- :-} respondent wears lipstick
- ::-) respondent wears glasses
- :< midget unsmiley
- :<| submitter attends an Ivy League school
- :=) submitter has two noses
- :> midget smiley
- :>) submitter has a big nose
- :^( submitter has had his big nose put out of joint. Useful for
- replying to
- flames.
- :^) smiley with pointy nose (righty)
- :n) smiley with funny-looking right nose
- :u) smiley with funny-looking left nose
- :v) left-pointing nose smiley
- :~) smiling face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary
- ;-( sad face gets his lights punched, sad or mad and got beat up;
- 'that makes me so mad that if I ever see you I'll punch your
- lights out'
- ;-) winking smiley;
- smiling face gets his lights punched out (could be pirate smiling
- face??), submitter is a practical joker who played one too many
- and got
- beat up
- ;-\ popeye gets his lights punched out
- ;-| no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing but
- still
- gets beat up
- <:I dunce
- <|-(= submitter is chinese and doesn't like this article
- <|-)= submitter is chinese (sorry about this)
- =:-#} smiley punk with a mustache....
- =:-( (real punk rockers don't smile)
- =:-) smiley punk-rocker;
- submitter is a horsehead
- /;-) submitter has one big thich cockeyed eyebrow
- ====O
- \:-( poster is a Scottish Highland Bagpiper!
- >:-) devil
- >:-< mad
- >:-I net.startrek
- >;-) devilish wink
- >w (nose-thumbing gesture)
- @-) person submitting is Cyclops
- @-( "Ulysses! Bring me Ulysses!"
- @:I turban
- @= flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows (mushroom cloud)
- B-) horn rims
- B-| person submitting is wearing cheap sunglasses
- C=:-) chef
- C=>8*) a devilish chef with glasses and a moustache
- E-:-I net.ham-radio
- O |-) net.religion
- O-) Megaton Man, on patrol!
- P-) person submitting is getting fresh
- X-( net.suicide
- [:-) submitter is listening to a walkman thingy
- [:|] submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project)
- g-) smileywith ponce-nez glasses
- o-) submitter is a cyclops
- o-<:-{{{ submitter is santa
- smiley invisible man
- {(:-) submitter is wearing toupee
- {:-) smiley with its hair parted in the middle
- |-) submitter is asleep (boredom);
- hee hee;
- Same as :-) but poster is Oriental
- |-( asleep with nightmares
- |-D ho ho
- |-P yuk
- }(:-( submitter wearing toupee in wind
- }:-) above in an updraft
- }:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a
- double-chin
- B^[ submitter is dracula
- B^E3 submitter is werewolf
- ~~:-( net.flame
- ~== flame follows (supposed to be a lit match or candle)
- :-------------) submitter is a big liar
-