| :-) | 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 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 |
Although the above list is extensive, other lists differ. One user sent me this list of emoticons compiled from an article in The Wall Street Journal (Wood):
| 7:^] | "i resemble Ronald Reagan" |
| :-D | "I'm laughing" |
| B-) | "I'm cool" |
| :*) | "I'm drunk" |
| :-'l | "I have a cold" |
| {(:-) | "I have a toupee" |
| }(:-( | "I have a toupee and it's windy" |
| :-8 | "I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth" |
| =l:-)= | "I'm Uncle Sam" |
| ;-) | "winky" |
| :^) | "sort of a three-quarters view" |
| :-+ | "tongue out with exhaustion" |
| :-)-O | "smiling doctor with stethoscope" |
| 8(:-) | "I'm a propellerhead" |
| :'( | "I'm crying" |
| :-# | "My lips are sealed" |
| :-& | "I'm tongue-tied" |
| %-) | "I'm cross-eyed" |
| ':-) | "I accidentally shaved off one eyebrow" |
| (-) | "I need a haircut" |
| (:)-) | "I'm scuba-diving" |
| *<l:-) | "I'm Santa Claus" |
| +-(:-) | "I'm the Pope" |
| :-))) | "I'm overweight" |
| =:-) | "I'm a punk rocker" |
| :-J | "I'm being tongue in cheek" |
| 5:-) | "I'm Elvis" |
| L:-) | "I just graduated" |
| [:-) | "I'm wearing a walkman" |
| d:-) | "I'm a baseball player" |
| O-) | "I'm Cyclops" |
| :8) | "I'm a pig" |
| 3:-O | "I'm a cow" |
| :=8) | "I'm a baboon" |
| (,'%/ | "I slept too long on one side" |
| :-)- | "I just washed my goatee" |
| :-Q | "I'm smoking" |
| :-? | "I'm smoking a pipe" |
| :-` | "I'm chewing tobacco" |
| :-E | "I have dental problems" |
| :-O | "I'm bored (yawn)" |
| :-{} | "I have heavy lipstick" |
| Cl:-= | "I'm Charlie Chaplin" |
| l:[' | "I'm Groucho Marx" |
| <<<<(:-) | "I'm a hat salesperson" (Politacally correct 4 us Obies) |
| :%)% | "I have acne" |
And finally.....
| C=>:*')) | "I'm a drunk demonic chef with a cold and a double chin" |