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- EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet - Smileys
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- Smileys
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- When you're involved in an online discussion, you can't see the smiles or shrugs
- that the other person might make in a live conversation to show he's only
- kidding. But online, there's no body language. So what you might think is
- funny, somebody else might take as an insult. To try to keep such
- misunderstandings from erupting into bitter disputes, we have smileys. Tilt
- your head to the left and look at the following sideways. :-). Or simply
- :).This is your basic "smiley." Use it to indicate people should not take that
- comment you just made as seriously as they might otherwise. You make a smiley
- by typing a colon, a hyphen and a right parenthetical bracket. Some people
- prefer using the word "grin," usually in this form:
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- <grin>
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- Sometimes, though, you'll see it as *grin* or even just <g> for short.Some other
- smileys include:
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- * ;-)
- Wink;
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- * :-(
- Frown;
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- * :-O
- Surprise;
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- * 8-)
- Wearing glasses;
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- * =|:-)=
- Abe Lincoln.
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- OK, so maybe the last two are a little bogus :-), but for some really fancy
- ones, see section The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary.
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- Widely used Smileys
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- (-:User is left handed.
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- %-)User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight.
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- :*)User is drunk.
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- [:]User is a robot.
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- 8-)User is wearing sunglasses.
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- B:-)Sunglasses on head.
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- ::-)User wears normal glasses.
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- B-)User wears horn-rimmed glasses.
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- 8:-)User is a little girl.
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- :-)-8User is a Big girl.
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- :-{)User has a mustache.
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- :-{}User wears lipstick.
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- {:-)User wears a toupee.
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- }:-(Toupee in an updraft.
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- :-[User is a vampire.
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- :-EBucktoothed vampire.
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- :-FBucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing.
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- :-7User juust made a wry statement.
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- :-*User just ate something sour.
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- :-)~User drools.
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- :-~)User has a cold.
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- :'-(User is crying.
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- :'-)User is so happy, s/he is crying.
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- :-@User is screaming.
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- :-#User wears braces.
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- :^)User has a broken nose.
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- :v)User has a broken nose, but it's the other way.
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- :_)User's nose is sliding off of his face.
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- :<)User is from an Ivy League School.
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- :-&User is tongue tied.
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- =:-)User is a hosehead.
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- -:-)User is a punk rocker.
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- -:-(Real punk rockers don't smile.
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- :=)User has two noses.
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- +-:-)User is the Pope or holds some other religious office.
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- `:-)User shaved one of his eyebrows off this morning.
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- ,:-)Same thing...other side.
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- |-IUser is asleep.
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- |-OUser is yawning/snoring.
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- :-QUser is a smoker.
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- :-?User smokes a pipe.
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- O-)Megaton Man On Patrol! (or else, user is a scuba diver)
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- O :-)User is an angel (at heart, at least).
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- :-`User spitting out its chewing tobacco.
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- :-SUser just made an incoherent statement.
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- :-DUser is laughing (at you!)
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- :-XUser's lips are sealed.
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- :-CUser is really bummed.
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- <|-)User is Chinese.
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- <|-(User is Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes.
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- :-/User is skeptical.
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- C=:-)User is a chef.
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- @=User is pro-nuclear war.
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- *<:-)User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat.
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- :-oUh oh!
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- (8-oIt's Mr. Bill!
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- *:o)And Bozo the Clown!
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- 3:]Pet smiley.
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- 3:[Mean Pet smiley.
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- d8=Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.
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- E-:-)User is a Ham radio operator.
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- :-9User is licking his/her lips.
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- %-6User is braindead.
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- [:-)User is wearing a walkman.
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- (:IUser is an egghead.
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- <:-IUser is a dunce.
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- K:PUser is a little kid with a propeller beenie.
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- @:-)User is wearing a turban.
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- :-0No Yelling! (Quiet Lab)
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- :-:Mutant smiley; the invisible smiley.
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- .-)User only has one eye.
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- ,-)Ditto...but he's winking.
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- X-(User just died.
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- 8 :-)User is a wizard.
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- -=* :-)User is a TeX wizard.
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- Midget Smileys
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- A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smileys.
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- :)Midget smiley.
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- :]Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend.
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- =)Variation on a theme...
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- :}What should we call these? (what?)
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- :)Happy.
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- :>What?
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- :@What?
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- :DLaughter.
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- :IHmmm...
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- :(Sad.
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- :[Real Downer.
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- :<What?
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- :{What?
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- :OYelling.
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- :CWhat?
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- :QWhat?
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- :,(Crying.
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- []Hugs and ...
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- :*Kisses.
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- |IAsleep.
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- ^oSnoring.
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- Mega Smileys
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- C=}>;*{))A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and
- a double chin.
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- }:^#})Updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin.
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- Usenet Smileys
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- In some Usenet articles you might also find these smileys which form a certain
- "dialect" developed and used in this most creative environment.
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- ~~:-(Net.flame
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- O |-)Net.religion
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- 8 :-INet.unix-wizards
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- X-(Net.suicide
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- E-:-INet.ham-radio
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- Emotional Smileys
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- :-)ha ha
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- |-)hee hee
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- |-Dho ho
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- :->hey hey
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- :-(boo hoo
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- :-Ihmmm
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- :-Ooops
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- :-Pnyahhhh!
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- "The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought
- of someone to blame it on."
- --- Jone's Law
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- "Standing on head makes smile of frown,
- but rest of face also upside down."
- --- Fortune cookie
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