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A Handy Guide to the Smiley

A Handy Guide to the Smiley

Know your smilies! And never be stuck wondering what one of those funny symbols means again. Smilies are used in text discussion across the internet and mobile phones, this web page hopes to document every known type of "smiley", but not every single combination.


Standard Smilies
:-) User smiles, the basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement
;-) Winky smiley. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark. More of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smiley
:-( Sad smiley. User did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something
>:-( User frowns. User is upset and angry about something
:-I Indifferent smiley. Better than a sad smiley but not quite as good as a happy smiley
:-> User just made a really biting sarcastic remark. Worse than a :-) smiley
>:-> User just made a really devilish remark
>;-> Winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made.

Standard(ish) Smilies
(-: User is left handed
:-D User is laughing
:-7 User just made a wry statement
:-* User just ate something sour
:-+ User kisses you
:-)~ User drools
:-~) User has a cold
:'-( User is crying
:'-) User is so happy, s/he is crying
:-0 User is yelling
:-@ User is screaming
:-p User sticks tongue out at you
:-b User sticks tongue out at you again
:-P User says: Nyahhhh!
:-/ User is sceptical/unsure
:-\ User is still sceptical/unsure
:-o Uh oh!/Oh no!
:-| User is unimpressed/User is bored
>:-< User is really upset/mad

Smilies With Glasses
8-) User is wearing sunglasses
B:-) User is wearing sunglasses on head
::-) User wears normal glasses
B-) User wears horn-rimmed glasses
:-8( User gives condescending stare
D-) User is wearing poser skiing sunglasses

Hairy Smilies
:-{) User has a moustache
:-<) User has a waxed moustache
:-#| Users has a bushy moustache
:-=) User is old with a moustache
{:-) User wears a toupee
}:-( User wears a toupee and is in an updraft
:-)} User has a beard

Special Nose Smilies
:¬) User has a crooked nose
:^) 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
:o) User has a round nose
:<) User is a swimmer wearing a nose clip
:=) User has two noses

Holy Smilies
+:-) User is Religious
+-:-) User is the Pope or holds some other religious office
O :-) User is an angel (at heart, at least)
O>:-) User is an evil angel

Smoking Smilies
:-Q User is a smoker
:Q User is an underage smoker
:-? User smokes a pipe
~~:-( User is on fire/User was just flamed

Smilies With Hats
*<:-) User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat
*:o) User is a clown
<|-) User is Chinese
<|-( User is Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes
C=:-) User is a chef
@:-) User is wearing a turban
<:-I User is a dunce
K:P User is a little kid with a propeller beanie
d:-) User is wearing a baseball cap
q:-) User is wearing a baseball cap backwards

Animal Smilies
3:] Pet smiley
3:[ Mean Pet smiley
d8= Pet beaver wearing goggles and a baseball cap
:} User is a baby chicken
:> User is an unspecified bird
}:| User is a bull
-====:)~ User is a snake
:@) User is a pig

Vampire Smilies
:-[ User is a vampire
:-E User is a bucktoothed vampire
:-F User is a bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing

More Less Common Smilies
):-) User is cunning
>:-) User is evil and cunning
:-] User is friendly
:-} User makes wry smile
:-S User just made an incoherent statement
:-s User just made a bizarre comment
:-x User's lips are sealed
:-$ Users mouth is wired shut
:*) User is drunk
:-# User wears braces
:-{} User wears lipstick
8:-) User is a little girl
:-)-8 User is a big girl
:-& User is tongue tied
=:-) User is shocked
-:-) User is a punk rocker
-:-| Real punk rockers don't smile
`:-) User shaved one of their eyebrows off this morning
,:-) User shaved other eyebrow off this morning
|:-) User has one big eyebrow
:-C User is bummed out/Bill Clinton serious look
K-) User has eyes closed tight
K-P User says: Yuk!
E-:-) User is a Ham radio operator
:-9 User is licking his/her lips
:-a User is licking his/her lips
[:-) User is wearing a walkman
(:I User is an egghead
.-) User only has one eye
,-) User with one eye is winking
:-6 User feels ill
:-% User is about to be sick
X-( User just died
8 :-) User is a wizard
:-1 User is chewing gum
:-` User spits out gum
|-I User is asleep
|-O User is yawning/User is snoring
:-! Bland smiley
:-q User is trying to touch their nose with their tongue
:-e User is disappointed
:-t User is cross
:^( User is unhappy and looks away
:-i Semi-smiley
:-)X User is wearing a bow tie
(:-) User is bald
:-j User smiles from the corner of their mouth
:-() User is talking
:-v User is talking to someone
:-Y User is talking quietly aside to someone
:-z User thinks your a sucker and is trying to contain themselves
:-)~~(-: Two users kissing
:-Pd-: Two users kissing
:-))) User is laughing

Bizarre Smilies
%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight
%-6 User is brain-dead
[:] User is a robot
O-) User is a scuba diver
  User is invisible
@= User just detonated a nuclear device
8 User is counting to infinity (or eight)
:-: User is a mutant

Celebrity Smilies
@@@@:-) User is Marge Simpson
@;-D User is Elvis Presley
7:-) User is Ronald Reagan
:-#( User is Adolf Hitler
K-0 User is Eric Cartman (and wants you to respect their authority!)
>:-I User is Mr Spock

Midget Smilies
:) User Smiles/User is happy
:( User is sad
=) User is Henry's cat
:] Glee, friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend
:[ Real Downer
:I Hmmm...
:@ Crying baby
[] Hugs and...
:+ Kisses
{} More hugs

This-Way-Up Smilies
^_^ User smiles
^_~ User winks
o_O User is totally freaked out
=^.^= User is a cat

Other
:- User is male
>- User is female
[::] [::] Dice
\o/ \o/ \o/ People praying
~\o/~\o/~\o/~ People drowning
>i< An angel
^J^ A devil
 
 
 
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