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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 10:26:46 PDT
From:         bob pasker <bob@HALFDOME.SF.CA.US>
Subject:      smilies to end all smilies
Comments: To: well!rutvm1.BITNET!history@uunet.UU.NET

agnes & denis, this smiley business has gone on long enough.  here is
the (non-definitive) history of smilies.

for those interested in the more bovine, i have a file of cows, too.

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 Subject: Re: Smiley Faces Dictionary - Wherizit?
 Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
 Date: 14 Sep 90 16:15:18 GMT
 From: deb@cci632.UUCP (Deborah Brown)
 Reply-To: deb@jloda.UUCP (Debbie the Leaper Brown)


 The Unofficial Smilie Dictionary
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 :-)   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


   :-`  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 ponce-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
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