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| :-) | Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection | ;-) | Winky smilie. Writer just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark. More of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smilie. |
| :-( | Frowning smilie. Visitor 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 |
| :-> | Writer just made a really biting sarcastic remark. Worse than a :-). | >:-> | Writer just made a really devilish remark. |
| >;-> | Winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made. |
| (-: | Writer is left handed | %-) | Writer has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight |
| :*) | Writer is drunk | :*) | Writer is drunk |
| [:] | Writer is a robot | 8-) | Writer is wearing sunglasses |
| B:-) | Sunglasses on head | ::-) | Writer wears normal glasses |
| B-) | Writer wears horn-rimmed glasses | :-{) | Writer has a mustache |
| :-{} | Writer wears lipstick | {:-) | Writer wears a toupee |
| }:-( | Toupee in an updraft | :-[ | Writer is a Vampire |
| :-E | Bucktoothed vampire | :-F | Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing |
| :-7 | Writer juust made a wry statement | :-* | Writer just ate something sour |
| :-)~ | Writer drools | :-~) | Writer has a cold |
| :'-( | Writer is crying | :'-) | Writer is so happy, s/he is crying |
| :-# | Writer wears braces | :^) | Writer has a broken nose |
| :v) | Writer has a broken nose, but it's the other way | :_) | Writer's nose is sliding off of his face |
| :<) | Writer is from an Ivy League School | :-& | Writer is tongue tied. |
| =:-) | Writer is a hosehead | -:-) | Writer is a punk rocker |
| -:-( | (real punk rockers don't smile) | :=) | Writer has two noses |
| +-:-) | Writer is the Pope or holds some other religious office | `:-) | Writer shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning |
| ,:-) | Same thing...other side | |-I | Writer is asleep |
| |-O | Writer is yawning/snoring | :-Q | Writer is a smoker |
| :-? | Writer smokes a pipe | O-) | Megaton Man On Patrol! (or else, writer is a scuba diver) |
| O :-) | Writer is an angel (at heart, at least) | :-P | Nyahhhh! |
| :-S | Writer just made an incoherent statement | :-D | Writer is laughing (at you!) |
| :-X | Writer's lips are sealed | :-C | Writer is really bummed |
| :-/ | Writer is skeptical | C=:-) | Writer is a chef |
| *<:-) | Writer 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-:-) | Writer is a Ham radio operator |
| :-9 | Writer is licking his/her lips | %-6 | Writer is braindead |
| [:-) | Writer is wearing a walkman | (:I | Writer is an egghead |
| <:-I | Writer is a dunce | K:P | Writer is a little kid with a propeller beenie |
| :-0 | No Yelling! (Quiet Lab) | :-: | Mutant Smilie |
| The invisible smilie | .-) | Writer only has one eye | |
| ,-) | Ditto...but he's winking | X-( | Writer just died |
| :) | 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? |
| :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 incredulous 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 | :-0 | smiley orator |
| (:-( | unsmiley frowning | (:-) | smiley big-face | ):-) | smiley devil bug-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 | :-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. | :-: | mutant smiley | :-\ | undecided smiley |
| :-| | "have an ordinary day" smiley | ;-) | winking smiley | :-< | real sad smiley |
| :-x | "my lips are sealed" smiley | :-c | bummed out smiley | :-v | talking head 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 |
| :-} | beard | :-{ | mustache | :-# | braces |
| :-X | bow tie | :-Q | smoker | :lt;:I | dunce |
| (:I | egghead | 8-) | glasses | B-) | horn-rims |
| 8:-) | glasses on forehead | :-8( | condescending stare | ;-) | wink |
| >:-< | mad |
| ~~:-( | 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 |
| :-( | Drama | :-) | Comedy | :-o | Surprise |
| |-O | Birth | 8-# | Death | 8-| | Suspense |