Universität Hamburg / Institut für Bodenkunde / IfB-Interna
(-: T H E S M I L E Y I N D E X :-)
:-) the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article
means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'
:-| no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'
:-( Sad or angry face ("unsmiley"), 'that comment makes me sad [mad]'
:-} Fiendish grin
;-) used after a (slightly) sarchastic comment
*or*
A wink
*or*
smiling face gets his lights punched out (could be pirate smiling
face??), submitter is a practical joker who played one too many and got
beat up
;-| no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing but still
gets beat up
;-( sad face gets his lights punched out, sad or mad and got beat up, or
'that makes me so mad that if I ever see you I'll punch your lights out'
|-( Smiley sent late at night
:-> Same as #1 except person who submitted it has problems with their lips
:-{) Same as #1 except submitter has mustache
:-} normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except person that
submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other lip appearance improving
device
:-\ popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye
;-\ popeye gets his lights punched out
~/~ Stirring up trouble. (I have to admit I don't really understand this one)
:-] biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we
cannot inflect our voice over the net
:-[ biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism
:*) drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated before or
while reading netnews
: ) smiling face needs a nose job, no explanation necessary
:>) submitter has a big nose
:<| submitter attends an Ivy League school
:%)% submitter has acne
=:-) submitter is a hosehead
:-(*) submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and is
about to vomit
:-)8 submitter is well dressed
8:-) submitter is a little girl
:-)-{8 submitter is a big girl
%-) submitter is cross-eyed
#-) submitter partyed all night
:-* submitter just ate a sour pickle
-:-) submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
(:)-) submitter likes to scuba dive
:-'| submitter has a cold
:-)' submitter tends to drool
':-) submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning
(-: submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix
8:] normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla
%-^ submitter is Picasso
(-: submitter is left-handed
0-) submitter is an arc-welder
*or*
submitter is wearing a scuba mask
*:o) submitter is a Bozo
8-) submitter wears glasses
*<|:-) submitter is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
o-) submitter is a cyclops
%-) submitter with long bangs
(-) submitter needing a haircut
*-( Cyclops got poked in the eye
&-) person submitting has been staring at the terminal for 36 hours
B-) person submitting is cool and wearing cheap sunglasses
B-| person submitting is hypercool and wearing cheap sunglasses
P-) person submitting is getting fresh
:^( submitter has had his nose put out of joint. Useful for replying to
flames.
|-) Submitter is asleep
|-( Submitter is asleep (boredom)
.-) Submitter has one eye
'-) Submitter only has a left eye, which is closed
:=) Submitter has two noses
:-D Submitter talks too much
_
:-) Submitter is Prince Charles
-
:-o Submitter is shocked
:-{ submitter has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to
lunch
:-)= Respondent has beard.
:-)[at] Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
:-# Respondent's lips are sealed.
-(:-) Submitter is the pope
8:-) Submitter wears glasses but has them placed on his/her forehead
{(:-) Submitter is wearing toupee.
}(:-( Submitter, wearing toupee in wind.
<|-)= Submitter is Chinese. (sorry bout that)
<|-(= Submitter is Chinese and doesn't like this article.
:-( Submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles.
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/ \
| RIP | Submitter accidentially died
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O|-) Submitter is a saint
8:-I Submitter is a Unix-wizard
Z-) Submitter is from the Twilight Zone
X-( Submitter is to perform suicide
:-I hmm ?
E-:-I Submitter operates on net.ham-radio
>:-I The same for net.startrek
3:o[ ... net.pets
:-# Submitter wears braces
:-)X Submitter wears a bow tie
:-Q Submitter is a smoker
<:I Submitter is a dunce
(:I Submitter is an egghead
B-) horn-rims
8:-) submitter wearing his glasses on his forehead
:-8( condescending stare
:-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-1 smiley bland face
:-! "
:-[at] smiley face screaming
:-#| smiley face with bushy mustache
:-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut
:^) smiley with pointy nose (righty)
:-7 smiley after a wry statement
:-s smiley after bizarre statement/comment
:-* smiley after eating something bitter
:-& smiley which is tongue-tied
:-9 smiley licking it's lips
:-0 smiley orator
smiley invisible man
(:-( unsmiley frowning
(:-) smiley big-face
):-) "
):-( unsmiley big-face
)O-) big-face scuba smiley
=:-) punk-rocker smiley
=:-( (real punk rockers don't smile)
=:-#} smiley punk with a mustache....
:-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 with its hair parted in the middle (could be a priest)
}:-) above in an updraft
:-a lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
:-d lefty smiley razzing you
g-) smiley with pince-nez glasses
:-j left smiling smilely
:-k beats me, looks like something, tho.
:-: mutant smiley
: submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project)
:-\ undecided smiley
:-| "have an ordinary day" 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
:-=) older smiley with mustache
:u) smiley with funny-looking left nose
:n) smiley with funny-looking right nose
:> midget smiley
:< midget unsmiley
:-)/2 remark was only half in jest
}:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley