Smilies

The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary

[ Author : Obtained from Shane O h'Uid (Wishkah): 1997(?) ] The closest you'll get to expressing emotion with a keyboard :)

What the hell is a smilie I hear you ask. Well this is covered in another part of this website, but anyway I'll explain again. Tilt your head sideways to the left and look at one of them.. :) Get it? They're used to express different 'tones of voice' and as you'll find, they're quite commonly used on Redbrick and elsewhere..... This list was sent to me last year by Wishkah, so credit due to him if he wrote it, or to whoever it was responsible for the following:

   :-)   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

   :-7   User just made a wry statement

   :-[   User is a Vampire

   :-E   Bucktoothed vampire

   :-F   Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing

   :-*   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 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 reaally 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

   :-o   Uh oh!

   (8-o  It's Mr. Bill!

   *:o)  And Bozo the Clown!

   3:]   Pet smilie

   3:[   Mean Pet smilie

   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

   @:-)  User is wearing a turban

   :-0   No Yelling!  (Quiet Lab)

   :-:   Mutant 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.