the real emoticons

instead of posting a really long comment under pauls post i thought id just blog about it

there are tons you all missed here are a few from the good ole dayz of IRC back when everyone used it to chat before the dayz of IM and MSN.

these are all you ever need to know

...the invisible smiley
...ghost smiley in invisible state
...smiley invisible man

$-)
...yuppie smiley

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

%-6
...user is braindead

&-l
...that made me cry

'-)
...winking smiley

(-:
...left hand smiley

(8-o
...it's mr. bill!

(:-(
...the saddest smiley
...unsmiley frowning
...very unhappy smiley

(:-)
...smiley big face

(:I
...egghead

([(
...robocop

)8-)
...scuba smiley big-face

):-(
...nordic smiley
...unsmiley big-face

):-)
...impish smiley
...smiley big-face

*:o)
...and bozo the clown!

*<:-)
...user is wearing a santa claus hat

+-(
...smiley, shot between the eyes

+-:-)
...user is the pope or holds some other religious office

+:-)
...priest smiley

,-)
...winking happy smiley

,-}
...wry and winking smiley

,:-)
...user shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning

-:-(
...(real punk rockers don't smile)

-:-)
...user is a punk rocker

..-)
...user only has one eye

..-]
...one-eyed smilely

0-)
...smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)

3:[
...mean pet smiley
...pit bull smiley

3:]
...lucy my pet dog smiley
...pet smiley

3:o[
...net.pets

8
...infinity

8 :-)
...user is a wizard

8 :-I
...net.unix-wizards

8(:-)
...mickey mouse

8-#
...dead smiley
...death

8-)
...glasses
...smiley swimmer
...smiley with big eyes...perhaps wearing contact lenses...

8-O
...omigod

8-|
...suspense

8:-)
...glasses on forehead
...little girl smiley

8<:-)
...smiley is a wizard

: =
...beaver smiley

:#)
...drunk smiley

:'-(
...user is crying

:'-)
...user is so happy, s/he is crying

:(
...sad
...sad-turtle smiley

:)
...happy
...midget smiley

:*
...kisses

:*)
...user is drunk

:,(
...crying smiley

:-
...male

:-!
...foot in mouth
...smiley bland face

:-"
...whistling smiley

:-#
...user wears braces
...my lips are scaled

:-#|
...smiley face with bushy mustache

:-$
...smiley face with its mouth wired shut

:-%
...smiley banker

:-&
...smiley which is tongue-tied

:-(
...boo hoo
...drama
...frowning smiley. user did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something.

:-(*)
...that comment made me sick

:-(=)
...bucktooth smiley

:-)
...basic smiley
...ha ha
...comedy
...your basic smiley. this smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over unix.

:-)8<
...big girl smiley

:-)~
...user drools

:-*
...user just ate something sour
...smiley after eating something bitter
...kiss

:-/
...skeptical smiley
...lefty undecided smiley

:-0
...no yelling! (quiet lab)
...smiley orator

:-1
...smiley bland face

:-3
...handlebar mustache smiley

:-6
...smiley after eating something sour
...smiley after eating something spicy

:-7
...smiley after a wry statement
...smirking smiley

:-8(
...condescending stare

:-9
...user is licking his/her lips

:-:
...mutant smiley

:-<
...real sad smiley
...walrus smiley

:-=)
...older smiley with mustache

:->
...user just made a really biting sarcastic remark. worse than a :-).
...hey hey
...sarcastic smiley
...y.a.s.

:-?
...smiley smoking a pipe

:-@
...screaming smiley

:-C
...user is really bummed
...real unhappy smiley

:-D
...user is laughing (at you!)

:-E
...bucktoothed vampire

:-F
...bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing

:-I
...hmm
...indifferent smiley. better than a frowning smiley but not quite as good as a happy smiley

:-O
...talkaktive smiley
...uh oh

:-P
...nyah nyah

:-Q
...smoker
...smoking smiley

:-S
...user just made an incoherent statement
...what you say makes no sense

:-V
...shouting smiley

:-W
...speak with forked tongue

:-X
...user's lips are sealed
...a big wet kiss
...bow tie

:-[
...vampire smiley
...un-smiley blockhead

:- ...undecided smiley

:-]
...smiley blockhead

:-`
...smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco

:-a
...lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
...smiley touching her tongue to her nose

:-b
...left-pointing tongue smiley

:-c
...bummed out smiley

:-d
...lefty smiley razzing you
...said with a smile

:-e
...disappointed smiley

:-i
...semi-smiley

:-j
...left smiling smilely

:-k
...beats me, looks like something, tho.

:-l
...y. a. s.

:-o
...uh oh!
...smiley singing national anthem
...surpise

:-p
...smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)

:-q
...smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose

:-r
...smiley raspberry

:-s
...smiley after a BIZARRE comment

:-t
...cross smiley
...pouting smiley

:-v
...talking head smiley

:-x
..."my lips are sealed" smiley

:-z
...y.a.c.s.

:-{
...mustache
...smiley variation on a theme

:-{)
...user has a mustache

:-{}
...smiley wears lipstick

:-|
..."have an ordinary day" smiley

:-}
...beard

:-}X
...bow tie-wearing smiley

:-~)
...user has a cold

:/\)
...extremely bignosed smiley

:8)
...pigish smiley

::-)
...user wears normal glasses

:<
...midget unsmiley
...what?

:<)
...user is from an ivy league school

:=)
...user has two noses
...orangutan smiley

:>
...midget smiley
...what?

:@
...what?

:C
...what?

:D
...laughter

:I
...hmmm...

:I)
...smiley with septum pierce (The septum is that thing that makes your nose have two small nostrils rather than one large one.)

:O
...yelling

:Q
...what?

:[
...real downer

:]
...gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend

:^)
...user has a broken nose
...smiley with a personality
...smiley with pointy nose (righty)

:_)
...user's nose is sliding off of his face

:n)
...smiley with funny-looking right nose

:u)
...smiley with funny-looking left nose

:v)
...user has a broken nose, but it's the other way
...left-pointing nose smiley

:{
...what?

:}
...what should we call these? (what?)

;-(
...crying smiley

;-)
...winking smiley
...winky smiley. user just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark. more of a "don't hit me for what i just said" smiley.

;^)
...smirking smiley

<3
...heart

<:-I
...user is a dunce

<:-l
...dunce smiley

<:3
...simple smiley mouse or rat

<:3 )~~~~
...smiley mouse or rat

<:I
...dunce

=)
...variation on a theme...

=:-(
...real punks never smile

=:-)
...user is a hosehead
...smiley is a punk
...smiley punk-rocker

>-
...female

>:-<
...mad

>:->
...devilish smiley

>:-I
...net.startrek

>:-l
...klingon smiley

>;->
...winky and devil combined. a very lewd remark was just made.
...a very lewd remark was just made

?-(
...black eye

@:-)
...smiley wearing a turban

@:-}
...smiley just back from the hairdresser

@:I
...turban

@=
...user is pro-nuclear war

B-)
...horn-rims
...smiley wears glasses

B:-)
...sunglasses on head

BI
...a frog

C=:-)
...chef smiley

E-:-)
...user is a ham radio operator

E-:-I
...net.ham-radio

H-)
...cross-eyed smiley

K:P
...user is a little kid with a propeller beenie

L-P
...totally scrambled smiley (thats why L-P mud exists...)

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

O |-)
...net.religion

O-)
...megaton man on patrol! (or else, user is a scuba diver)
...message from cyclops
...smiley after smoking a banana

O:-)
...angel smiley

P-(
...pirate smiley

V^J
...smiley with glasses, seen from the left side (portrait, talking) (it's more a talkey...- just tip your head to the right side to see it)

X-(
...user just died
...net.suicide
...you are brain dead

X:-)
...little kid with a propeller beanie

[:-)
...smiley wearing a walkman

[:]
...robot smiley

[]
...hugs

]-I
...smiley wearing sunglasses (cool...therefore no smile, only a smirk)

`'
...cat's eyes in the night

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

d8=
...your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.

d:-)
...baseball smiley

l-O
...smiley is yawning

l:-O
...flattop loudmouth smiley

l^o
...hepcat smiley

{:-)
...smiley wears a toupee
...smiley with its hair parted in the middle

|-(
...smiley lost his contact lenses

|-)
...hee hee

|-D
...ho ho

|-I
...user is asleep

|-O
...user is yawning/snoring
...birth

|-P
...yuk

|I
...asleep

|^o
...snoring

}:-(
...toupee in an updraft

}:-)
...above in an updraft

}:^#)
...pointy nosed smiley

~:-P
...smiley, thinking and steaming or: having only one single hair

~~:-(
...net.flame

---<--{(@
...it's a rose!

:----}
...you lie like pinnochio

C=}>;*{))
...mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin

}:^#})
...mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin