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Tilt your head to the left to see faces. 
Smilie faces express feelings & show actions or “body language”. 
You’ll find them used in chat, concerts, bulletin boards, 
t-shirts, e-mail, malls... My gosh, everywhere! 
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Your basic faces:
:-)  = smile                     :-D  = laughing smile
:-*  = kiss                      ;-)  = wink
:-X  = my lips are sealed        :-P  = blah [slip of the tongue]
:-|  = indifferent               :-(  = frown
:'(  = crying                    :-o  = oh!
0:-) = angel                     >:-> = devil
:->  = biting sarcastic smile    >;-> = devilish wink
 
In addition to faces, the following symbols express emotionsand/or actions:  
\\//_   = Vulcan salute
\o/     = Praise the Lord, pray, whatever...
->>>>-- = Feather=just teasing, tickling
()      = Cuddling (example:  ((((John)))) John is being sent
 cuddles by the user.)
{}      = Hug      (example: {{{Jane}}} Jane is being sent
 hugs by the user.)
<>      = Making Love
><      = Opposite of above - not to be used in polite company
@-`-,-- = A rose for you (this one even has thorns!)...
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Also, users can use shorthand (or abbreviations) of commonly
 used expressions:
AFK    = away from keyboard      J/K = Just Kidding
BAK    = back at keyboard        LOL = Laughing Out Loud
BBL    = Be Back Later         NIFOC = Nude In Front Of Computer
CUL8er = See you Later           OIC = Oh I See
BRB    = be right back            PU = That Stinks!
BTW    = By The Way...
ROTFL  = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
DITYID = Did I Tell You I'm Distressed?
GMTA   = Great Minds Think Alike
GTRM   = Going To Read Mail
SOL    = You're Out of Luck (or Smiling Out Loud)
Txs    = Thanks or Texas
BFD    = Big Deal!  I'm not impressed...
WGFF?  = Who Gives A Flying Flood?
 (a different way of saying "I don't care")
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Note: Lots of these smilies can be typed without noses
 to make midget smilies:
:)   = Midget smilie                      :} = Sheepish smilie
:>   = Impish smilie                      :( = Sad
:@   = look at my tonsils!                :{ = pout
:D   = Laughter                           :[ = Real Downer
:I   = Hmmm...                            :< = disappointed
:O   = Yelling                           :,( = Crying
:C   = jutting lower lip pout             |I = Asleep
:Q   = shouting with a cold sore         |^o = Snoring
[]   = Hugs and ...                       :* = Kisses
:]   = Gleep...friendly midget smilie who'll gladly be
 your friend.
=) and  8) = Variations on a theme
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Plus, you can offer someone a drink:
|_|}  = cup of coffee (or other beverage)
>-I   = martini glass
_}]   = beer mug                      ]-|   = champagne glass
)-I   = wine glass                    }-I   = margarita glass
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Animals:
:V     = woodpecker
)      = Cheshire cat.
3:-o   = cow
~~~~8} = snake
8:]    = a gorilla
8)     = a frog
B)     = a frog who is wearing sunglasses
8P     = a bullfrog and it's mating season
8b     = ditto
|)     = a salamander
:8)    = a pig
3:-o   = a cow
:3-<   = a dog
pp#    = a cow
pq`#'  = a bull
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Famous people faces:
+O:-)  = the Pope
C=:-)  = the Galloping Gourmet
=):-)  = Uncle Sam
=|:-)  = Abe Lincoln
4:-)   = George Washington
5:-)   = Elvis Presley
7:-)   = Fred Flintstone
 = Helen Keller
:/7)   = Cyrano de Bergerac
>:*)   = Bozo the Clown
#:o+=  = Betty Boop
_:^)   = an Indian
>>-O-> = Gen. Custer
8(:-)  = Walt Disney
7:^)   = Ronald Reagan
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If the medium supports the Apple option-key characters,
 you can have the following faces:
:-(tm) = user is a lawyer
:-£    = English banker
:-¢    = penny pincher
:-∞    = tongue-tied
:-§    = one heck of a cold sore!
:-¶    = licking upper lip in anticipation or satisfaction
:-•    = woah!
:--    = ooh!
:-≠    = mouth is wired shut!
:-«    = debonair moustache
:-¿    = confused in Spanish
:-≈    = hare lip
:-◊    = open-mouthed kiss
:-∑    = monster frown
:-(c)  = unhappy cuz of double chin
:-∆    = talking sideways
:-~)   = runny nose
:-∫    = wishy washy smile
:-√    = eck!
:-Œ    = Vampire with thick upper lip
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Here are tons more faces:
(-:    = User is left handed 
%-)    = Been staring at green screen for 15 hours straight
:*)    = Drunk (hiccup!)
[:]    = 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 
:-{)   = 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 drools 
:-~)   = User has a cold 
:'-(   = User is crying 
:'-)   = User is so happy, s/he is crying 
:-@    = User is screaming 
:-#    = User wears braces 
:^)    = 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 
:<)    = User is from an Ivy League School 
:-&    = User is tongue tied. 
=:-)   = User is a hosehead 
-:-)   = User is a punk rocker 
-:-(   = (real punk rockers don't smile) 
:=)    = User has two noses 
+-:-)  = 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!) 
:-C    = User is really bummed 
:-/    = 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! 
*:o)   = And Bozo the Clown! 
3:]    = Pet smilie 
3:[    = Mean Pet smilie 
d8=    = Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.
=:H    = What a cute rabbit!
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 Smilie 
       = The invisible smilie 
.-)    = User only has one eye 
,-)    = Ditto...but he's winking 
X-(    = User just died 
8 :-)  = User is a wizard 
:-`    = smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-1    = smiley bland face
:-!    = smiley bland face with a cold sore
:-#|   = smiley face with bushy mustache
:-$    = smiley face with it's mouth wired shut
:-%    = smiley banker  
:-6    = smiley after eating something sour  
:^)    = smiley with pointy nose (righty)  
:-7    = smiley after a wry statement  
8-)    = smiley swimmer  
:-*    = smiley after eating something bitter  
:-&    = smiley which is tongue-tied  
{:-)   = smiley with its hair parted in the middle  
}:-)   = above in an updraft  
:-a    = lefty smilely touching tongue to nose  
:-s    = smiley after a BIZARRE comment  
:-d    = lefty smiley razzing you  
g-)    = smiley with ponce-nez glasses  
:-j    = left smiling smilely  
:-k    = beats me, looks like something, tho.  
:-v    = talking head smiley
:-o    = smiley singing national anthem  
:-p    = smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)  
0-)    = smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)  
:-=)   = older smiley with mustache  
:u)    = smiley with funny-looking left nose  
:n)    = smiley with funny-looking right nose  
:-q    = smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose  
=:-(   = frowning punk-rocker (real punk rockers don't smile)
=:-)   = smiley punk-rocker
       = smiley invisible man      (:-)  = smiley big-face
):-(   = unsmiley big-face         ):-)  =        "
)O-)   = scuba smiley big-face     :-e   = disappointed smiley
:-t    = cross smiley              :-i   = semi-smiley  
:-[    = Un-smiley blockhead       +:-)  = smiley priest  
:-{    = variation on a theme      :-]   = smiley blockhead
:-}    = ditto                     :-0   = smiley orator  
:-l    = y. a. s.                  :-:   = mutant smiley
:-\    = Undecided smiley          .-]   = one-eyed smilely
:-|    = "have an ordinary day"    :-?   = smilely smoking a pipe
;-)    = winking smiley            ,-}   = wry and winking
:-<    = real sad smiley           :<    = midget unsmiley  
:->    = y.a.s.                    :v)   = left-pointing nose
:-z    = y.a.c.s.                  :-b   = left-pointing tongue
:-c    = bummed out smiley         :-/   = lefty undecided smiley
:-)    = ha ha                     |-P   = yecch
~~:-(  = net.flame                 :-}   = beard
|-)    = hee hee                   :-{   = mustache
O |-)  = net.religion              :-#   = braces
|-D    = ho ho                     :-X   = bow tie
:->    = hey hey                   :-Q   = smoker
8 :-I  = net.unix-wizards          <:I   = dunce
:-(    = boo hoo                   (:I   = egghead
X-(    = net.suicide               @:I   = turban
:-I    = hmm                       8-)   = glasses
E-:-I  = net.ham-radio             B-)   = horn-rims
:-O    = Uh oh                    8:-)   = glasses on forehead
>:-I   = net.startrek             3:o[   = net.pets
>:-<   = mad                       :-    = Male
:-(    = Drama                      >-   = Female
:-)    = Comedy                  |-O=    = Birth
:-o    = Surpise                   8-#   = Death
8-|    = Suspense                    8   = Infinity
:-8(   = condescending stare
}:^#}) = mega-smiley:  updrafted bushy-mustached pointy-nosed
                       smiley with a double-chin.
C=}>;*{))   = Ultra-Mega-Smilie...
              A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an
              updraft, a mustache, and a double chin.
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Smilie Faces collected by AFL TracyP:
 :-(*)   sick of recent netnews and is about to barf
 [:|]    a robot (or other appropriate AI project)
 :>)     submitter has a big nose
 :<|     submitter attends an Ivy League school
 :%)%    submitter has acne
 #-)     submitter partied all night
 :-*     submitter just ate a sour pickle
 :-'|    submitter has a cold
 :-R     submitter has the flu
 :-)'    submitter tends to drool
':-)     submitter accidentally shaved off one of his
         eyebrows this morning
 0-)     submitter wearing scuba mask
 P-)     getting fresh
 |-)     falling asleep
 .-)     submitter has one eye
 :=)     submitter has two noses
 :-D     submitter talks too much
 :-{)    submitter has moustache
 :-)}    submitter has goatee/beard
 :-d~    submitter smokes heavily
 Q:-)    a new grad
 (-:     Australian
 M:-)    saluting
 (:  (=| submitter is going to be a ghost for Halloween...
 =:-H    submitter plays for NFL
 (V)=|   a pacman champion
 M-)
 :X)
 :-M     submitter sees no evil, hears no evil,
         speaks no evil
 C):-O
 C):-O
 C):-O
 C):-O   submitter is a barbershop quartet
  >:-(   is sick and tired of reading this nonsense
   ;^?   was punched out for submitting sexist article
   |-O   is bored by the article that you submitted
   *-)   was shot for the last posting
~~\8-O   needs to fix frayed cord on terminal
   8-O   has taken too many nodoz to work on thesis
  L:-)   just graduated
B-)-[<   is wearing sunglasses and swimming trunk
   :-#   has been punched in the mouth
   R-)   has broken glasses
    . .
     |  is lying down
  |:-)   has heavy eyebrows
  {:-)   has new hair style
{:-{)}   has new hair style, mustache and beard
  (:-)   has no hair
   :~)   has ugly nose (needs nose job)
   :-E   has major dental problems
  C:-)   has large brain capacity
  |:-|   is excessively rigid
  :-G-   smokes cigarettes
  :-p~   smokes heavily
  \:-)   wears a french hat
   $-)   is a yuppie
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19/01/95 ST.JALMES_Y@ellis.fdn.org 
Credits for all those who created or collected the faces & 
shorthand presented here: A to Zen, AFA Kathy, AFL MacArt, 
AFL TracyP, ApleWizard, BigSkyMac, Bwain, Darsys, 
Kristian Gallagher, Randalltoo, Rome Dome, Sakko, Sports Fan and 
all others anonymous.
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