The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary
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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 online.
 ;-)   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.

More?
 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
More?
 :-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)
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 O :-) User is an angel (at heart, at least)
 :-P   Nyahhhh!   User sticks out tongue.
 :-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 smiley
 3:[   Mean Pet smiley
 d8=   Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.
More?
 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.
More?
 :] - 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
More?
   :-!      "
   :-$   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
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   }:-)  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           :-I   hmm
More?
   :-(   boo hoo           X-(   net.suicide
   :-O   uh oh            >:-I   net.startrek
   :-P   nyah nyah        3:o[   net.pets
   |-P   yuk

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