Date: Wed, 12 May 1993 00:32:25 EDT
From: "Ian Hart, Centre for Media Resources" <IANHART@HKUCC.BITNET>
Subject: Smiley Face Dictionary
Sender: EDTECH - Educational Technology <EDTECH@MSU.BITNET>

Well, folks, I didn't appreciate the volume of requests I would receive
for this, so to save my wrists (as I don't have a "reply/forward <*.txt>"
function) I'm posting it to the list.
 
Ian Hart
 
Forwarded message from GAMES-L list:
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The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary:
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 :-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
 
 :-*    Oops!                      '-)     Wink
 
 :-T    Keeping a straight face    ;-)     Sardonic Incredulity
 
 :-D    Said with a smile          %-<I>   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
 
 >-<    Absolutely livid!!         &-|     Tearful
 
 |-{    "Good Grief!"  (Charlie Brown?)
 
 :-}    "Thish wine tashted pretty good"
 
 8-]    "wow, maaan"
 
 8-O    "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?)
 
 :-,    "Hmmmm "
 
 |%(    "Someone just busted my nose"
 
 :^D    "Great! I like it!"
 
 B-D     "Serves you right, dummy!!"
 
 
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 :-)   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:
 
 (-:   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 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 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
C=}>;*{O)  Mega-Smiley    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
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
  :-}   ditto
  {:-)  smiley with its hair parted in the middle
  }:-)  above in an updraft
  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     hmm
:-O     uh oh                    >:-I   net startrek
:-P     nyah nyah                3:o[   net pets
|-P     yuk
 
Male    :-
Female  >-
 
Infinity        8
 
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%\v     Picasso
 
:)      smiley
 
>:)     a little devil
 
%-|     been working all night
 
::-)    wears glasses
 
}:-(    bull headed
 
:-{)    has a mustache
 
:-#     braces
 
:-&     tounge-tied
 
:-D     big smile
 
C|:-=   Charlie Chaplin
 
=|:-)=  Abe Lincoln
 
:-W     speak with forked tongue
 
:-@     "I swear"
 
:-X     my lips are sealed
 
:-C     really bummed out
 
C=:-)   chef
 
*<:-)   Santa Claus
 
:-O     Mr  Bill
 
*:o)    Bozo
 
:*)     Ed McMahon
 
[:-)    wearing a walkman
 
:-))    double chin
 
:-7     smokes a pipe
 
C:#     football player
 
:-)8    man with bowtie
 
:-()    I stubbed my toe
 
:-( )   You stepped on my toe
 
:-(  )  You backed your car over my toe
 
<\\
: *>    a cat
<//
 
 
Now here are some abbreviations you may often see:
 
CIS     =  Consumer Information Service (of CompuServe)
RTFM    =  Read the, uh, Friggin' Manual
PITA    =  Pain in the "acronym"
BTW     =  By the way
BFN     =  Bye, for now
TSR     =  Terminate and Stay Resident program
OTOH    =  On the other hand
OTTH    =  On the third hand
FWIW    =  For what it's worth
RSN     =  Real Soon Now
WYSIWYG =  What you see is what you get
PPN     =  Programmer Project Number. Ie, a CIS user's ID#.
OIC     =  Oh, I see!
IMHO    =  In my humble opinion [the speaker is never humble]
IMCO    =  In my considered opinion
g,d&r   =  grinning, ducking, and running
OOTB    =  Out of the box
 
Here are a few more:
 
:-)     humorous
:-(     be prepared for trouble
(:-)    messages dealing with bicycle helmets
<:-)    dumb questions
oo      somebody's head-lights are on messages
O>-<|=  messages of interest to women
o>8<|=  messages about interesting women
;-)     wink ( take this message with a grain of salt)
ü-(     late night messages
:^)     messages teasing people about their noses
:-{#}   messages teasing people about their braces
-  @=   messages about nuclear war
 
Thanks to Don Hopkins of Roosevelt H.S. for inventing these..
 
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...And here are a few more by Moshe Raccah (ZSMOSH@WEIZMANN) and
Yuval J Pecht (CVPECHT@WEIZMANN)...
 
More faces and funny messages!!
 
(:-#   Message concerning something that shouldnt have been said...
 
(:-$   Message indicating person is ill...
 
(:-&   Message indicating person is angry...
 
(:-*   Kiss...
 
(:+)   Message concerning Jews...(i.e. big nose...)
 
(:=)   Message concerning people with TWO noses (???)
 
(:-ã   Message indicating person is VERY sad...
 
(:^( message concerning people with broken noses
 
(:<) message concerning blabber mouths
 
:-(=) message about people with big teeth.
 
&:-)  message from a person with curly hair
 
@:-) message from a person with wavy hair
 
?-( about people with a  black eye.
 
*:*  message about fuzzy things
 
*:** message about fuzzy people with a fuzzy mustache
 
%-) message about people with broken glasses
 
+<:-| message from a monk/nun...
 
{0-) message from cyclops...
 
(:-D message cocerning another blabber mouth...
 
(:-|K- formal message.
 
B-) message from Batman !!!
 
=0== - message about mexican on a railroad!
 
=t== - message about mexican run over by train.
 
@%&$%&$ã&*@%$#@ - you know what that means...
 
---...--- - S.O.S
 
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Designed, Planned and otherwise electricuted by
The Gracious Moshe Raccah and Venerable Yuval J. Pecht
 
...And these were provided to us from Moshe Sipper (5874613@TECHUNIX)
 
 
<{:-)}    MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE...
<:-)<<|   MESSAGE FROM A SPACE ROCKET...
(:-...    HEART-BREAKING MESSAGE...
>|->      MESSAGE FROM CHINA...
<<<<(:-)  MESSAGE FROM A HAT SALES-MAN...
(O--<     A FISHY MESSAGE...
(8-)      MESSAGE FROM A FOUR-EYE...
(:>-<     MESSAGE FROM A THIEF: HANDS UP!
<I==I)    A MESSAGE ON FOUR WHEELS
 
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These come from various places.
 
:-p      Bronx cheer (or sticking tongue out)
|:-)     Message from someone with bushy eyebrows
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From:     IAN MURPHY <CBWP8008@IRUCCVAX>
 
 
 
{(^_^)} --- Message to somebody wearing headphones.
 
{(-_^)} --- wink at somebody wearing headphones.
 
<^_^> --- ?
 
<-v-> --- message to somebody with a beak.
 
<-_^>  --- wink
 
<O_O>  --- message to goggly eyes.
 
<Q^Q>  --- message to somebody with funny looking glasses.
 
(^U^)   --- message to big nose.
 
<^*^>   --- message to somebody with a flattened nose.
 
[O!O]   --- message to a surprised goggly eyes.
 
(*v*)   --- message to somebody with two black eyes.
 
 
That's it!
 
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