people say you cant express yourself on chat.... well we can express ourself with the help of correct smileys. so see through the list so that u know which one to use next time u are sad or happy.


Look at each one from the right to left side, usually the "eyes" are a : with the nose a - and the mouth everything from a smile ) to a frown (


:-) Your basic smiley. This smilie is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix.
;-) 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 Frowning smilie but not quite as
good as a happy smiley
:-> 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.
:-o Wow!
:-c Real unhappy
:-| Grim
:-C Just totally unbelieving
:= | Baboon
:-B Drooling
:-v Speaking
:-, Smirk
:-V Shout
:-|| Anger
:-w Speak with forked tongue
:-) Smiling
:-r Sticking tongue out
:-( Frowning
:-* Oops!
'-) Wink
:-T Keeping a straight face
;-) Sardonic Incredulity
:-D Said with a smile
%-<I> Drunk with laughter
:-x Kiss kiss
:-" Pursing lips
:-[ Pouting
:-# My lips are sealed
:-X A big wet kiss!
:-P Tongue hanging out in anticipation
:-Y A quiet aside
8-| Eyes wide with surprise
>-< Absolutely livid!!
&-| Tearful
|-{ "Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown?)
:-} "Thish wine tashted pretty good"
8-] "wow, maaan"
8-O "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?)
:-, "Hmmmm."
|~( "Someone just busted my nose".
:^D "Great! I like it!"
B-D "Serves you right, dummy!!"







A FEW MORE ( less common one's):

(-: User is left handed
%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight
:*) User is drunk
[:] 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
:-)-8 User is a Big 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 is crying
;-) User is so happy, s/he is crying
:-@ User is screaming
:-# User wears braces
:^) User has a broken nose
:<) User is from an Ivy League School
:-& User is tongue tied.
+-:-) 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!)
:-X User's lips are sealed
:-C User is really bummed
<|-) User is Chinese
<|-( User is Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes
:-/ 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!
*) And Bozo the Clown!
3:] Pet smiley
3:[ Mean Pet smiley
d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.
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 Smiley
The invisible smiley
.-) User only has one eye
,-) Ditto...but he's winking
X-( User just died
%\v Picasso
C=}>;*{O) Mega-Smiley... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin


NOTE: A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smileys.


:] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend
Happy
:> hmm, let me think...
Laughter
:I Hmmm, not funny!
Sad
:[ Real Downer
:< what pretences!
:{ oh boy, the headmaster!...
:O Yelling
;( Crying
[] Hugs and
:* Kisses


:-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-1 smiley bland face
:-! "
:-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut
:-6 smiley after eating something sour
8-) smiley swimmer
:-* smiley after eating something bitter
:-& smiley which is tongue-tied
:-0 smiley orator
(:-( unsmiley frowning
=:-) smiley punk-rocker
=:-( (real punk rockers don't smile)
+-:-) smiley priest
:-o smiley singing national anthem
:-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)
:-Þ smiley blowing a raspberry, or just a friendly sticking out of your tongue
:-[ un-smiley blockhead
:-] smiley blockhead
:-{ smiley variation on a theme
:-} ditto
{:-) smiley with its hair parted in the middle
}:-) above in an updraft
g-) smiley with pince-nez glasses
:-\ undecided smiley
:-/ lefty undecided smiley
:-| "have an ordinary day" smiley
;-) winking smiley
:-< real sad smiley
:-x "my lips are sealed" smiley
:-c bummed out smiley
:-v talking head smiley
:-? smilely smoking a pipe
0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)
:< midget unsmiley
:> midget smiley

:-) ha ha
|-) hee hee
|-D ho ho
:-> hey hey
:-( boo hoo
:-I hmm
:-O uh oh
:-P nyah nyah
|-P yuk
cow: 3:-0

skull: 8-x
rose: @};-
alien: =
monkey: |)
cowboy: <)
pig: :@)
light bulb: *-
US-flag: **==
pumpkin: (~~)