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SMILIES In
the "old days," and I am not talking about George M. Cohan days, but
ten years ago, AOL, CompuServe, and Prodigy were the only private networks. Connections
were 2400 baud. I remember when I used to connect on AOL at 9600 baud and thought
that was "fast." Wow!!! To
save time, just like they do in ham radio or even police calls with codes, e-mail
users came up with their own codes. They are still used today. They are
intended to be read sideways. If
you have a favorite "Smilie" or "Code," please send it to
me and I will post it here:
Smilie/Code | Usage |
Basic
Smilies | :-) | Standard
Smiley. Just joking, implies humour. | ;-) | Winking
Smiley. Used when you make a sarcastic remark. | ,-) | Wink |
:-( | Sad
Smiley. Used when you didn't like something, or to imply sadness. |
Popular
Smilies | :-! | Foot
in mouth. | :-# | Wears
braces/been hit in the mouth. or Censored | :-$ | Put
your money where your mouth is. | :-& | Tongue
tied. | :-/ | Skeptical. |
:-O | Yelling
/ Wow! | :_) | Tongue
in cheek. | =-) | Sideways
smily face. | $-) | Just
won the lottery | >;-> | Winky
and devil combined. A vary lewd remark just made. | :--> | User
just made a very devilish remark. | :-, | Smirk | :-II | Anger |
:-> | Just
made a really biting sarcastic remark. | Smilies
with Emotion | :-< | Very
sad. | :-D | Laughing
/ Sad with a smile. | :-@ | Screaming
/ I swear. | :-| | Hmmm....
Don't know what to think. | :-P | Sticking
your tongue out / Tungue hanging out in anticipation. | :-X | My
lips are sealed / A big wet kiss. | :-e | Disappointed. |
;-) | Say
no more (nudge nudge, wink wink). | :-x | Kiss,
Kiss. | :-* | Oops. |
:-c | Real
unhappy | :-< | Forlorn
| :-| | Dead
face | :-I | Indifferent,
better than a Frowning but, not quite as good as happy Smiley / Grim. |
:-<> | Amazed
| :-(
) | Shocked
| :-o
zz z z Z Z | Bored
| :-\ | Thinking
| :-C | Unbelieving
(jaw dropped) /Really bummed out. | :-o | "Oh,
nooooooo!" | :-T | Keeping
a straight face | :-B | Drooling |
:-))) | Very
emotive (suggested by Kay, Trieste, Italy) | Miscellaneous
Smilies | (o:o) | Siamese
Twins | *<|:O) | A
Clown | |-| | Asleep. |
|-) | Falling
asleep. | |-O | Bored. |
.-) | One
eyed. | :,( | Crying. |
:'-( | Crying |
|^o | Snoring. |
(-: | Left
handed. | 8-) | Wearing
sun glasses. | B-) | Wearing
horn rimmed glasses. | @@@:-) | Marge
Simpson. | :-----> | Pinnochio
or Liar | :) | Smilie
without a nose | :@) | Smilie
with a piggy nose | :^) | Smilie
with a bent nose | :*) | Smilie
with a nose of a clown | :~) | Smilie
with a strange nose | :-[] | Robot
face | :-} | Smilie
with a curly smile | :-> | Smilie
with straight smile Ver. 1 | :-] | Smilie
with straight smile Ver. 2 | :-[ | Count
Dracula | :-# | Censored
/ My lips are sealed. | :-i | Smoking
| :-j | Smoking
and smiling | :-[#] | Smilie
with braces | :-S | Sick
smilie | P-) | Pirate
| !-( | Black-eyed
face | 0-) | Cyclops
smilie | %-) | Surfing
to long | %) | Artistic
face | :=I | Baboon. | :-7 | User
made a wry statement | [:] | User
is a robot | :-" | Pursing
lips | |-( | Late
night messages | Turned
Faces | :^U | Turned
face | :^Y | Turned
poker face | :^r | Bleahhh
(sticking tongue out) | :^y | Turned
smiling face | :^W | Turned
face with tongue out / Speaking with forked tongue. | :-V | Shout | :-v | Speaking |
:^" | Pursing
lips | Smilies
with Accessories | :-{) | Smilie
with a moutashe | {:-) | Smilie
with hair | @@:) | Smilie
with bee-hive hair | §:) | Smilie
with permed hair | [:-) | Wearing
a walkman | K:-) | Smilie
with a graduation hat | d:-) | Smilie
with a cap | C|:-) | Smilie
with a bowler hat | ]:-) | Smilie
with a nurse hat | (:-) | Smilie
with a skull-cap (or a bicycle helmet) | #:-) | Smilie
with a fur hat | *<:-) | Smilie
with hat and pom-pom (cold weather smilie) | :-)= | Smilie
with beard | =|:-)= | Uncle
Sam | &:-) | Smilie
with curly hair | @:-) | Smilie
with wavy hair | B:-) | Sunglasses
on head | ::) | Wears
glasses | 8-) | Wearing
glasses | +<:-| | Monk
/ Nun | Abbreviations |
IMHO | In
my humble opinion. | LOL | Laughing
out loud. | OTFL | On
the floor (laughing). | ROTFL | Rolling
on the floor (laughing). | BRB | Be
right back. | BTW | By
the Way. | CYA | See
you. | CYL8TER | See
you later. | FYI | For
Your information. | NE1 | Anyone. |
E-mail
Signature Museum
Smilies
were one of the first internet "in" things, as connections were slow and abbreviations
saved time. Popular today are "signatures" at the bottom of e-mail messages. Some
even attach their "card." Others have sayings, quotes, or as I do, what happened
in American History today.
The E-mail Signature Museum has a collection of signatures, short tag
lines and ASCII text, included commonly at the bottom of e-mail messages.
This collection may give you some ideas on improving yours. Short tag
lines and other art.
http://huizen.dds.nl/~mwpieter/sigs/frameset.html
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