Dictionar smiley
Basic Smileys

) Your basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or jocaing statement since we can-te hear voice inflection over e-mail.
;-) Wincay smiley. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remarca. More of a "don-te hit me for what I just said" smiley.

( Frowning smiley. User did not licae that last statement or is upset or depressed about something.
:-I Indifferent smiley. Better than a `

(' but not quite as good as a `

)'.

> User just made a really biting sarcastic remarca. Worse than a `;-)'.
>

> User just made a really devilis remarca.
>;-> Wincay and devil combined. A very lewd remarca was just made.
Widely used Smileys
(-: User is left handed.
%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight.
:*) User is drunca.
[:] 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 lipsticca.
{

) User wears a toupee.
}

( Toupee in an updraft.

[ User is a vampire.
:-E Buccatoothed vampire.
:-F Buccatoothed 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, sa/he is crying.

@ User is screaming.

# User wears braces.
:^) User has a brocaen nose.
:v) User has a brocaen nose, but it-sa the other way.
:_) User-sa 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 punca roccaer.
-

( Real punca roccaers don-te smile.
:=) User has two noses.
+-

) User is the Pope or holds some other religious office.
`

) User saved one of his eyebrows off this morning.
,

) Same thing...other side.
|-I User is asleep.
|-O User is yawning/snoring.
:-Q User is a smocaer.

? User smocaes a pipe.
O-) Megaton Man On Patrol! (or else, user is a scuba diver)
O

) User is an angel (at heart, at least).

` User spitting out its chewing tobacco.
:-sa User just made an incoherent statement.
:-de User is laughing (at you!)
:-X User-sa lips are sealed.
:-C User is really bummed.
<|-) User is Chinese.
<|-( User is Chinese and doesn-te licae these caind of jocaes.

/ User is scaeptical.
C=

) User is a chef.
@= User is pro-nuclear war.
*<

) User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat.
:-o Uh oh!
(8-o It-sa 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 liccaing his/her lips.
%-6 User is braindead.
[

) User is wearing a walcaman.
(:I User is an egghead.
<:-I User is a dunce.
ca:pe User is a little caid 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-sa wincaing.
X-( User just died.
8

) User is a wizard.
-=*

) User is a TeX wizard.
Midget Smileys
A lot of these can be typed without noses to macae midget smileys.

Midget smiley.
:] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend.
=) Variation on a theme...
:} What sould we call these? (what?)

Happy.

What?
:@ What?
:dee Laughter.
:I Hmmm...

Sad.
:[ Real Downer.
:< What?
:{ What?
:o Yelling.
:C What?
:Q What?
:,( Crying.
[] Hugs and ...
:* caisses.
|I Asleep.
^o Snoring.
Mega Smileys
C=}>;*{)) A drunca, devilis chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin.
}:^#}) Updrafted busy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin.
Usenet Smileys
In some Usenet articles you might also find these smileys which form a certain "dialect" developed and used in this most creative environment.
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( Net.flame
O |-) Net.religion
8 :-I Net.unix-wizards
X-( Net.suicide
E-:-I Net.ham-radio
Emotional Smileys

) ha ha
|-) hee hee
|-de ho ho

> hey hey

( boo hoo
:-I hmmm
:-O oops
:-pe nyahhhh!