Smiley Dictionary
| Symbol |
Meaning |
| :-) |
Your basic smiley. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic
or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over the
internet. |
| ;-) |
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 smilie 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. |
| >;-> |
Winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just
made. |
Those are the basic ones...Here are some somewhat less common
ones: |
| (-: |
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 |
| :- |
User is a vampire |
| :-)-9 |
User is a Big girl |
| :-) |
User has a mustache |
| :-) |
User wears a toupee |
| :-E |
Bucktoothed vampire |
| :-F |
Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing |
| :-7 |
User just made a wry statement |
| :-* |
User just ate something sour |
| ;-( |
User is crying |
| ;-) |
User is so happy, s/he is crying |
| :- |
User is screaming |
| :-# |
User wears braces |
| :^) |
User has a broken nose |
| :<) |
User is from an Ivy League School |
| :-& |
User is tongue tied. |
| +-:-) |
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 smiley |
| 3:[ |
Mean Pet smiley |
| 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 Smiley |
| |
The invisible smiley |
| .-) |
User only has one eye |
| ,-) |
Ditto...but he's winking |
| X-( |
User just died |
| %\v |
Picasso |
Note: A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget
smileys. |
| :] |
Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your
friend |
| :) |
Happy |
| :> |
hmm, let me think... |
| :D |
Laughter |
| :I |
Hmmm, not funny! |
| :( |
Sad |
| :[ |
Real Downer |
| :< |
what pretences! |
| : |
oh boy, the headmaster!... |
| :O |
Yelling |
| ;( |
Crying |
| [] |
Hugs and |
| :* |
Kisses |
| :-` |
Smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco |
| :-1 |
Smiley bland face |
| :-$ |
Smiley face with it's mouth wired shut |
| :-6 |
smiley after eating something sour |
| 8-) |
smiley swimmer |
| :-* |
smiley after eating something bitter |
| :-& |
smiley which is tongue-tied |
| :-0 |
smiley orator |
| (:-( |
unsmiley frowning |
| =:-) |
smiley punk-rocker |
| =:-( |
(real punk rockers don't smile) |
| +-:-) |
smiley priest |
| :-o |
smiley singing national anthem |
| :-p |
smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) |
| :-[ |
un-smiley blockhead |
| :-] |
smiley blockhead |
| :- |
smiley variation on a theme |
| :-) |
smiley with its hair parted in the middle |
| g-) |
smiley with pince-nez glasses |
| :-\ |
undecided smiley |
| :-/ |
lefty 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 |
| :-? |
smilely smoking a pipe |
| 0-) |
smiley cyclops (scuba diver?) |
| :< |
midget unsmiley |
| :> |
Midget smiley |
| :-) |
ha ha |
| ~~:-( |
net.flame |
| |-) |
hee hee |
| |-D |
ho ho |
| :-> |
hey hey |
| :-( |
boo hoo |
| X-( |
net.suicide |
| :-I |
Hmmm |
| :-O |
Uh oh! |
| >:-I |
net.startrek |
| :-P |
Nyah! Nyah! |
| 3:o[ |
net.pets |
| |-P |
Yuk! |