Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 12 Jan 1996.
Request: Smiley :-)
rec.arts.ascii
· 5 messages · 12 Jan 1996 - 22 Jan 1996
I'm looking for a good list of smileys. I've seen it around before, if
anyone has it please e-mail to me. I would appreciate very much.
TIA,
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Alexander Rozenberg (al...@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu) wrote: : I'm looking for a good list of smileys. I've seen it around before, if : anyone has it please e-mail to me. I would appreciate very much. : TIA, : -- : \|/ ____ \|/ : @~/ oo \~@ : /_( \__/ )_\ : \____/ : ALEX Actually, would someone please repost it here as well since I'd like to get it too. thanks, --Shanon sha...@uoguelph.ca
I think these things are hilarious. There are two lists here, and a good
deal of the stuff on one appears on the other. Excuse any doubles (or
triples...) I haven't edited.
The following dictionary of E-mail smilie faces was posted on
the UNIX network newsgroup rec.humor.funny on April 3, 1989
The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary
--------------------------------
:-) Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or
joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix.
;-) Winky smilie. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark.
More of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smilie.
:-( 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.
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
:-)-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
Note: A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smilies.
:) 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
And still more variations on the theme...
:-` 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
:-0 smiley orator
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 pince-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
}:^#}) mega-smiley: Updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley
with a double-chin
:-) ha ha ~~:-( net.flame
|-) hee hee O |-) net.religion
|-D ho ho
:-> hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards
:-( boo hoo X-( net.suicide
:-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio
:-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek
:-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets
|-P yuk
:-} beard
:-{ mustache
:-# braces
:-X bow tie
:-Q smoker
<:I dunce
(:I egghead
@:I turban
8-) glasses
B-) horn-rims
8:-) glasses on forehead
:-8( condescending stare
;-) wink
>:-< mad
Drama :-( Comedy :-) Surpise :-o Suspense 8-|
Male :- Female >-
Birth |-O Death 8-#
Infinity 8
THE UNOFFICIAL SMILEY DICTIONARY
:-) Your basic smiley. This smilie 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 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:
:-o Wow! :-c Real unhappy
:-| Grim :-C Just totally unbelieving
:= | Baboon :-B Drooling
:-v Speaking :-, Smirk
:-V Shout :-|| Anger
:-w Speak with forked tongue :-) Smiling
:-r Sticking tongue out :-( Frowning
:-T Keeping a straight face ;-) Sardonic Incredulity
:-D Said with a smile %- Drunk with laughter
:-x Kiss kiss :-" Pursing lips
:-[ Pouting :-# My lips are sealed
:-X A big wet kiss! :-P Tongue hanging out in
anticipation
:-Y A quiet aside 8-| Eyes wide with surprise
>-;*{O) Mega-Smiley... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an
updraft, a mustache, and a double chin
:) - Happy :> - hmm, let me think...
:D - Laughter :I - Hmmm, not funny!
:( - Sad :[ - Real Downer
: hey hey :-I hmm
:-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek
:-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets
|-P yuk %\v Picasso smiley
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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
:-)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
:;*{)) Mega-Smilie... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an
updraft, a mustache, and a double chin
Note: A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smilies.
:) 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
: 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 smiley
}:^#}) mega-smiley: Updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley
with a double-chin
:-) ha ha ~~:-( net.flame
|-) hee hee O |-) net.religion
|-D ho ho
:-> hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards
:-( boo hoo X-( net.suicide
:-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio
:-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek
:-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets
|-P yuk
:-} beard
:-{ mustache
:-# braces
:-X bow tie
:-Q smoker
:--
Birth |-O Death 8-#
Infinity 8
Nicole M. Roseberry | On April 22, 1954, Congress
nro...@zeus.towson.edu | ruled that "In God We Trust"
http://zeus.towson.edu/~nrose | be stamped on all coins.
Shanon Kerr (sha...@uoguelph.ca) writes: > Alexander Rozenberg (al...@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu) wrote: > > : I'm looking for a good list of smileys. I've seen it around before, if > : anyone has it please e-mail to me. I would appreciate very much. > > > : TIA, > > > : -- > : \|/ ____ \|/ > : @~/ oo \~@ > : /_( \__/ )_\ > : \____/ > : ALEX > > > Actually, would someone please repost it here as well since I'd like to > get it too. > thanks, > --Shanon > sha...@uoguelph.ca > > The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary :-) Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix. ;-) Winky smilie. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark. More of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smilie. :-( 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. 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 :-)-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 just 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 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 Note: A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smilies. :) 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 And still more variations on the theme... :-` 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 :-0 smiley orator 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 pince-nez glasses :-j left smiling smilely :-k beats me, looks like something, though. :-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 }:^#}) mega-smiley: Updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin :-) ha ha ~~:-( net.flame |-) hee hee O |-) net.religion |-D ho ho :-> hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards :-( boo hoo X-( net.suicide :-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio :-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek :-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets |-P yuk :-} beard :-{ mustache :-# braces :-X bow tie :-Q smoker <:I dunce (:I egghead @:I turban 8-) glasses B-) horn-rims 8:-) glasses on forehead :-8( condescending stare ;-) wink >:-< mad Drama :-( Comedy :-) Surprise :-o Suspense 8-| Male :- Female >- Birth |-O Death 8-# Infinity 8 -- ___/_) /) , au9...@freenet.carleton.ca Hi there! 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Alexander Rozenberg (al...@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu) wrote: > I'm looking for a good list of smileys. I've seen it around before, if > anyone has it please e-mail to me. I would appreciate very much. I think I have what you are looking for...here you go, enjoy! THE OFFICIAL SMILEY DICTIONARY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-) Basic smiley :^) Smiley with a personality :) Midget smiley <:-l Dunce smiley ,-) Winking happy smiley :=) Orangutan smiley (-: Left hand smiley >:-> Devilish smiley (:-) Simley big face >:-l Klington smiley (:-( Very unhappy smiley @:-) Smiley wearing a turban ,-} Wry and winking smiley @:-} Smiley just back from the hairdresser 8-O Omigod C=:-) Chef smiley '-) Winking smiley X:-) Little kid with a propeller beanie :-# My lips are scaled [:-) Smiley wearing a walkman :-* Kiss [:] Robot smiley :-/ Skeptical smiley {:-) Smiley wears a toupee :-> Sarcastic smiley l^o Hepcat smiley :-@ Screaming smiley }:^#) Pointy nosed smiley :-d Said with a smile :-(=) Bucktooth smiley :-V Shouting smiley O-) Message from cyclops :-X A big wet kiss :-3 Handlebar mustache smiley :-\ Undecided smiley : = Beaver smiley :-] Smiley blockhead :-" Whistling smiley ;-( Crying smiley P-( Pirate smiley >;-> A very lewd remark was just made ;^) Smirking smiley ?-( Black eye %-) Smiley after staring at a screen for 15 hours straight ):-( Nordic smiley d:-) Baseball smiley 3:] Lucy my pet dog smiley :8) Pigishsmiley :-& Tongue tied :-7 Smirking smiley 8:-) Little girl smiley ):-) Impish smiley :-)8< Big girl smiley :/\) Extremely bignosed smiley :-0 Talkaktive smiley 8(:-) Mickey Mouse :-6 Smiley after eating something spicy +:-) Priest smiley ([( Robocop O:-) Angel smiley :-(*) That comment made me sick :-< Walrus smiley &-l That made me cry :-? Smiley smokes a pipe :-e Disappointed smiley :-E Bucktoothed vampire :( Sad-turtle smiley :-F Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing :-Q Smoking smiley :,( Crying smiley :-}X Bow tie-wearing smiley :-P Nyahhhh! :-[ Vampire smiley :-S What you say make no sense :-a Smiley touching her tongue to her nose :-{ Mustache :-C Real unhappy smiley :-{} Smiley waers lipstick :-r Smiley raspberry :-t Pouting smiley :-W Speak with forked tongue X-( You are brain dead l-O Smiley is yawing l:-O Flattop loudmouth smiley $-) Yuppie smiley :-! Foot in mouth :---) You lie like pinnochio O-) Smiley after smoking a banana =:-) Smiley is a punk =:-( Real punk never smiles 3:[ Pitbull smiley 8<:-) Smiley is a wizard :#) Drunk smiley 8-# Dead smiley B-) Smiley wears glasses |-( Smiley lost his contact lenses 8-) Smiley with big eye... perhaps wearing contact lenses... H-) Cross-eyed smiley ]-I Smiley wearing sunglasses (cool, therefore no smile, only a smirk!) V^J Smiley with glasses, seen from the left side (tip head on right to see) +-( Smiley, shot between the eyes ~:-P Smiley with one single hair BI A frog 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 UN!X. ;-) 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. >;-> Winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made. __ ===================== __ __| Max Kalika |__|__| UCSB __| uKa...@mcl.ucsb.edu |__ ===================== |__| "At the earliest drawings of the fractal curve, few clues to the underlying mathematical structure will be seen." - Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park.
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