Internet / Texting Smileys

Basic Smileys

:-) Your basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over e-mail

;-) 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 :-( but not quite as good as a :-)

:-> 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

Widely used Smileys

(-: User is left handed

%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight

:*) User is drunk

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 moustache

:-{} User wears lipstick

{:-) User wears a toupee

:-[ User is a vampire

:-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

:<) User is stuck-up

:-& User is tongue tied

`:-) User shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning

|-I User is asleep

|-O User is yawning/snoring

:-Q User is a smoker

:-? User smokes a pipe

O-) User is a scuba diver

O :-) User is an angel (at heart, at least)

:-` User spitting out its chewing tobacco

:-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 wearing a turban

:-/ User is skeptical

E-:-) User is a Ham radio operator

:-9 User is licking his/her lips

8 :-) User is a wizard

Emotional Smileys

:-) ha ha

|-) hee hee

|-D ho ho

:-> hey hey

:-( boo hoo

:-I hmmm

:-O oops

:-P nyahhhh!

Midget Smileys

:) Midget smiley

:] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley 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