Tilt your head to the left to see faces. Smilie faces express feelings & show actions or Òbody languageÓ. YouÕll find them used in chat, concerts, bulletin boards, t-shirts, e-mail, malls - my gosh, everywhere! You can directly paste faces from this DA to wherever because the "Copy" featureÕs enabled. Your basic faces: :-) = smile :-D = laughing smile :-* = kiss ;-) = wink :-X = my lips are sealed :-P = blah [slip of the tongue] :-| = indifferent :-( = frown :'( = crying :-o = oh! 0:-) = angel >:-> = devil :-> = biting sarcastic smile >;-> = devilish wink In addition to faces, the following symbols express emotions and/or actions: \\//_ = Vulcan salute \o/ = Praise the Lord, pray, whatever... ->>>>-- = Feather=just teasing, tickling () = Cuddling (example: ((((John)))) John is being sent cuddles by the user.) {} = Hug (example: {{{Jane}}} Jane is being sent hugs by the user.) <> = Making Love >< = Opposite of above - not to be used in polite company @-`-,-- = A rose for you (this one even has thorns!)... _______________________________________________________________ Also, users can use shorthand (or abbreviations) of commonly used expressions: AFK = away from keyboard J/K = Just Kidding BAK = back at keyboard LOL = Laughing Out Loud BBL = Be Back Later NIFOC = Nude In Front Of Computer CUL8er = See you Later OIC = Oh I See BRB = be right back PU = That Stinks! BTW = By The Way... ROTFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing DITYID = Did I Tell You I'm Distressed? GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike GTRM = Going To Read Mail SOL = You're Out of Luck (or Smiling Out Loud) Txs = Thanks or Texas BFD = Big Deal! IÕm not impressed... WGFF? = Who Gives A Flying Flood? (a different way of saying ÒI don't careÓ) _______________________________________________________________ Note: Lots of these smilies can be typed without noses to make midget smilies: :) = Midget smilie :} = Sheepish smilie :> = Impish smilie :( = Sad :@ = look at my tonsils! :{ = pout :D = Laughter :[ = Real Downer :I = Hmmm... :< = disappointed :O = Yelling :,( = Crying :C = jutting lower lip pout |I = Asleep :Q = shouting with a cold sore |^o = Snoring [] = Hugs and ... :* = Kisses :] = Gleep...friendly midget smilie whoÕll gladly be your friend. =) and 8) = Variations on a theme _______________________________________________________________ Plus, you can offer someone a drink: |_|} = cup of coffee (or other beverage) >-I = martini glass _}] = beer mug ]-| = champagne glass )-I = wine glass }-I = margarita glass _______________________________________________________________ Animals: :V = woodpecker ) = Cheshire cat. 3:-o = cow ~~~~8} = snake 8:] = a gorilla 8) = a frog B) = a frog who is wearing sunglasses 8P = a bullfrog and it's mating season 8b = ditto |) = a salamander :8) = a pig 3:-o = a cow :3-< = a dog pp# = a cow pq`#' = a bull _______________________________________________________________ Famous people faces: +O:-) = the Pope C=:-) = the Galloping Gourmet =):-) = Uncle Sam =|:-) = Abe Lincoln 4:-) = George Washington 5:-) = Elvis Presley 7:-) = Fred Flintstone = Helen Keller :/7) = Cyrano de Bergerac >:*) = Bozo the Clown #:o+= = Betty Boop _:^) = an Indian >>-O-> = Gen. Custer 8(:-) = Walt Disney 7:^) = Ronald Reagan _______________________________________________________________ If the medium supports the Apple option-key characters, you can have the following faces: :-ª = user is a lawyer :-£ = English banker :-¢ = penny pincher :-° = tongue-tied :-¤ = one heck of a cold sore! :-¦ = licking upper lip in anticipation or satisfaction :-¥ = woah! :-Ð = ooh! :-­ = mouth is wired shut! :-Ç = debonair moustache :-À = confused in Spanish :-Å = hare lip :-× = open-mouthed kiss :-· = monster frown :-© = unhappy cuz of double chin :-Æ = talking sideways :-~) = runny nose :-º = wishy washy smile :-Ã = eck! :-Î = Vampire with thick upper lip _______________________________________________________________ Here are tons more faces: (-: = User is left handed %-) = Been staring at green screen for 15 hours straight :*) = Drunk (hiccup!) [:] = 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 :-{) = 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 just 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!) :-C = User is really bummed :-/ = 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. =:H = What a cute rabbit! 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 :-` = smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco :-1 = smiley bland face :-! = smiley bland face with a cold sore :-#| = 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 {:-) = 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. :-v = talking head smiley :-o = smiley singing national anthem :-p = smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) 0-) = smiley cyclops (scuba diver?) :-=) = older smiley with mustache :u) = smiley with funny-looking left nose :n) = smiley with funny-looking right nose :-q = smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose =:-( = frowning punk-rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) =:-) = smiley punk-rocker = smiley invisible man (:-) = smiley big-face ):-( = unsmiley big-face ):-) = " )O-) = scuba smiley big-face :-e œpointed smiley :-t = cross smiley :-i = semi-smiley :-[ = Un-smiley blockhead +:-) = smiley priest :-{ = variation on a theme :-] = smiley blockhead :-} = ditto :-0 = smiley orator :-l = y. a. s. :-: = mutant smiley :-\ = Undecided smiley .-] = one-eyed smilely :-| = "have an ordinary day" :-? = smilely smoking a pipe ;-) = winking smiley ,-} = wry and winking :-< = real sad smiley :< = midget unsmiley :-> = y.a.s. :v) = left-pointing nose :-z = y.a.c.s. :-b = left-pointing tongue :-c = bummed out smiley :-/ = lefty undecided smiley :-) = ha ha |-P = yecch ~~:-( = net.flame :-} = beard |-) = hee hee :-{ = mustache O |-) = net.religion :-# = braces |-D = ho ho :-X = bow tie :-> = hey hey :-Q = smoker 8 :-I = net.unix-wizards <:I = dunce :-( = boo hoo (:I = egghead X-( = net.suicide @:I = turban :-I = hmm 8-) = glasses E-:-I = net.ham-radio B-) = horn-rims :-O = Uh oh 8:-) = glasses on forehead >:-I = net.startrek 3:o[ = net.pets >:-< = mad :- = Male :-( = Drama >- = Female :-) = Comedy |-O= = Birth :-o = Surpise 8-# = Death 8-| = Suspense 8 = Infinity :-8( = condescending stare }:^#}) = mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy-nosed smiley with a double-chin. C=}>;*{)) = Ultra-Mega-Smilie... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin. _______________________________________________________________ Smilie Faces collected by AFL TracyP: :-(*) = sick of recent netnews and is about to barf [:|] = a robot (or other appropriate AI project) :>) submitter has a big nose :<| submitter attends an Ivy League school :%)% submitter has acne #-) submitter partied all night :-* submitter just ate a sour pickle :-'| submitter has a cold :-R submitter has the flu :-)' submitter tends to drool ':-) submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning 0-) submitter wearing scuba mask P-) = getting fresh |-) = falling asleep .-) submitter has one eye :=) submitter has two noses :-D submitter talks too much :-{) submitter has moustache :-)} submitter has goatee/beard :-d~ submitter smokes heavily Q:-) = a new grad (-: = Australian M:-) = saluting (: (=| submitter is going to be a ghost for Halloween... =:-H submitter plays for NFL (V)=| = a pacman champion M-),:X),:-M submitter sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil C):-O C):-O C):-O C):-O submitter is a barbershop quartet >:-( is sick and tired of reading this nonsense ;^? was punched out for submitting sexist article |-O is bored by the article that you submitted *-) was shot for the last posting ~~\8-O needs to fix frayed cord on terminal 8-O has taken too many nodoz to work on thesis L:-) just graduated B-)-[< is wearing sunglasses and swimming trunk :-# has been punched in the mouth R-) has broken glasses . . | is lying down |:-) has heavy eyebrows {:-) has new hair style {:-{)} has new hair style, mustache and beard (:-) has no hair :~) has ugly nose (needs nose job) :-E has major dental problems C:-) has large brain capacity |:-| is excessively rigid :-G- smokes cigarettes :-p~ smokes heavily \:-) wears a french hat $-) is a yuppie _______________________________________________________________ Credits: Smilie Face Dictionary v2.0 by the Rome Dome using the utility application called: Make a TEXT DA ÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑ by James H. Moore, Jr. 4125 Arroyo Trail Carmel, CA 93923 Credits for all those who created or collected the faces & shorthand presented here: A to Zen, AFA Kathy, AFL MacArt, AFL TracyP, ApleWizard, BigSkyMac, Bwain, Darsys, Kristian Gallagher, Randalltoo, Rome Dome, Sakko, Sports Fan, and all anonymous contributors... _______________________________________________________________ True Origin of smilie faces: ? _______________________________________________________________ 1.0 Release: Released 11/90 from Sunnyvale, California, USA. 2.0 Changes: Did some cleaning up and major rearranging. Added Famous People Faces section. Added AFL TracyP faces from her 6/9/88 message. Released 5/93 from Colorado Springs, Colorado. _______________________________________________________________ Thanx yÕall! };^> = devilish wink!