LAST CHECKED - Tue Feb 8th 1994 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Here's a collection of smiley faces and abbreviations from various sources. I have endeavoured to remove duplications and generally "tidy up" the list. If you wish to add to the list then please netmail the SysOp at Sanity Going GTPower BBS 050/023 (net/node). Alternatively, I can be contacted by email at the following ... sanity@cix.compulink.co.uk I will endeavour to keep this upto date and add any new ones sent. My thanks to all for your help in compiling, especially those whose lists I have added to, changed or otherwise pinched. :) The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 :-) Your basic 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. :-( Frowning smiley. User did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something. :-I Indifferent smiley. Better than a Frowning smiley 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. Those are the basic ones...Here are the somewhat less common ones: GROUP 1: General :- smileys 컴컴컴컴 :-! Foot in mouth :-# Wears braces / has been punched in mouth :-$ Put money where mouth is / Mouth wired shut :-% Banker :-& Tongue-tied :-' Spitting out tobacco :-( Frown :-) Smile :-* Just ate something sour :-/ Sceptical :-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab) :-1 Bland face :-6 after eating something sour :-7 Wry smile :-8 (dunno) :-9 Licking lips :-: Mutant smiley :-< Sad / Frowning :-> Grin :-? Pipe smoker :-\ Sceptical (variant) :-] Reluctant smile :-[ Vampire :-@ Screaming :-D Laughing :-E Buck-toothed vampire :-F Buck-toothed vampire with one tooth missing :-I Hmmmm! :-O Yelling :-P Nyahhhh! (sticking out tongue) :-Q Smoker :-X Lips are sealed :-` Spitting out chewing tobacco :-b left-pointing tongue :-c bummed out :-e disappointed :-i semi-smiley :-o Shocked / Uh oh! :-p sticking tongue out (at you!) :-q trying to touch tongue to nose :-t cross :-v Talking head :-| Clenched teeth :-} Reluctant smile (variant) ;-) say no more, nudge nudge, wink wink. ;-} leer? :^) smiley with pointy nose (righty) :v) left-pointing nose smiley GROUP 2: Midget smileys 컴컴컴컴 A lot of these can be typed without noses to make midget smileys. :) Midget smiley :] Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend =) Variation on a theme... :) Happy :D Laughter :I Hmmm... :( Sad :[ Real Downer :O Yelling :,( Crying [] Hugs and :* Kisses |I Asleep |^o Snoring GROUP 3: Other mood/emotion smileys 컴컴컴컴 %-} humor variation. %-{ sad variation. :_) tongue in cheek / nose sliding off face #-) partied all night %-\ hungover P-) getting fresh |-) falling asleep .-) one eye :=) two noses %+{ the loser of a fight |-I asleep |-O yawning/snoring %-6 brain dead :~/ Really mixed up |-O bored *-) was shot for the last posting ;^? has punched out for submitting sexist article GROUP 4: Non-emotion smileys 컴컴컴컴 (-: left handed (or Australian) %-) has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight :*) drunk [:] a robot 8-) wearing sunglasses B:-) Sunglasses on head ::-) wears normal glasses (four eyes!) B-) wears horn-rimmed glasses R-) has broken glasses :<) from an Ivy League School O-) Scuba diver(or else, Megaton Man On Patrol!) 3:] Pet smiley 3:[ Mean Pet smiley d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat. (:I egghead The invisible smiley .-) only has one eye ,-) Ditto...but he's winking X-( Died / suicide :~) has ugly nose (needs nose job) $-) Yuppie / just won lottery GROUP 5: Complex smileys 컴컴컴컴 <:-) for dumb questions. (:-) for messages dealing with bicycle helmets. (-) for messages dealing with owls. d:-) for messages dealing with baseball. d :-o hats off to your great idea q:-) for those who wear their caps backwards. |-<> kissy face >:-> leer O:-) for those innocent souls [:|] robot (or other appropriate AI project) :>) someone with a big nose :<| someone who attends an Ivy League school :%)% someone with acne =:-) a hosehead :-(*) someone who is about to vomit :-)8 someone who is well dressed 8:-) a little girl :-)-{8 a big girl :-)-8 " (variant) -:-) someone who sports a mohawk / admires Mr. T :-'| someone who has a cold :-)' tends to drool ':-) accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows `:-) ditto ,:-) ditto...other side 8:] gorilla (:)-) someone wearing scuba mask :-{) mustache :-{} wears lipstick {:-) wears a toupee }:-( Toupee in an updraft :-)~ drools :-~) has a cold :~-( crying :~-) tears of joy -:-) punk rocker -:-( (real punk rockers don't smile) :=) has two noses +:-) priest +-:-) the Pope +O<:-) Pope 2 +O:-) Pope 3 O :-) an angel (at heart, at least) <|-) Chinese <|-( Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes C=:-) chef 8=:-) " *<:-) wearing a Santa Claus Hat (8-o It's Mr. Bill! *:o) And Bozo the Clown! E-:-) Ham radio operator [:-) wearing a walkman <:-I a dunce @:-) wearing a turban (-:|:-) Siamese twins the invisible man C=}>;*{)) Mega-Smiley... A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin :-#| bushy mustache (:-) smiley big-face ):-) " ):-( unsmiley big-face )8-) scuba smiley big-face }:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin ~~:-( net.flame 8 :-I net.unix-wizards E-:-I net.ham-radio :-)X bow tie 3:o[ net.pets :-d~ smokes heavily Q:-) a new grad M:-) saluting (symbol of respect) =):-) Uncle Sam =|:-) Abe Lincoln 4:-) George Washington 5:-) Elvis Presley 7:-) Fred Flintstone :/7) Cyrano de Bergerac >:*) Bozo the Clown #:o+= Betty Boop _:^) an Indian >>-O-> Gen. Custer 8(:-) Walt Disney >:^( a headhunter (Amazon style) -=#:-) has wizard status (: (=| is going to be a ghost for Halloween... =:-H plays for NFL (V)=| a pacman champion M-),:X),:-M sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil C):-O C):-O C):-O C):-O a barbershop quartet >:-( is sick and tired of reading this nonsense L:-) just graduated B-)-[< is wearing sunglasses and swimming trunks :-(O) is yelling (:-) has no hair :-))) is very overweight |:-) has heavy eyebrows {:-) has new hair style {:-{)} has new hair style, mustache and beard C:-) has large brain capacity |:-| is excessively rigid ._) suffers from Lorentz contractions :-G- smokes cigarettes :-p~ smokes heavily \:-) wears a french hat ]:-> is The Devil :<() is an African tribesman <:-) is a Vietnamese peasant (unlikely) GROUP 6: Smiley animals 컴컴컴컴 8) frog B) frog who is wearing sunglasses 8P bullfrog and it's mating season 8b ditto |) salamander :8) pig 3:-o cow pp# " pq`#' bull :3-< dog {:\/ duck .\/ " :V woodpecker ~~~~8} snake ^..^ cat }. elephant `\ ) Cheshire cat. GROUP 7: Non smileys 컴컴컴컴 @= for messages dealing with nuclear war. o>-<|= for messages of interest only to women. ~= a candle, to annotate flaming messages. oo for somebody's headlights are on messages. :- Male >- Female o/ raised hand \o/ PTL (praise the lord, or pass the loot?) _\\// Vulcan salute ( o ) ( o ) hooters ___ / \ | RIP | |_____| from someone who is dead ------- _____ is a computer |O-O| |:::| Group 8: Miscellany 컴컴컴컴 Some people on America Online are using unrotated smileys: ^L^ happy ^(^ " variation @l@ too many hours at terminal *L* blotto ^)^ ^(^ two people talking Group 9: Person Smileys' 컴컴컴컴 (:-) Captain Picard :-{)} Commander Riker <>:{(} Lt. Worf **:-) Counsellor Troi #-) Lt. LaForge [:-] Data {(:-) Captain Kirk }(:-) Capt. Kirk in a high wind =:O] Clinton :(=) Carter 7:^] Reagan *************************************************************************** The rest is nothing to do with smileys, but are conventions used to denote (re)actions - plus I like them. For use in realtime chats: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Double-colons denotes an action by sender eg. ::poof:: ::Eating pizza:: Brackets denote thinking out loud to oneself or annotation to comments eg. (oh) (now I see it) To correct a one-wrd mistake in a previous message, use: Wrd = word or s/wrd/word Abbreviations: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The following is a list of some of the most commonly used abbreviations used on many message networks. Hopefully it will be of help. [name] Hug {name} warm fuzzy hug AFAIC As Far As I Care AFAICS As Far As I Can See AFAIK As Far As I Know AFK Away From Keyboard BAK Back At Keys BICBW But I Could Be Wrong BTW By The Way BRB Be Right Back FWIW For What It's Worth FYI For Your Information IIRC If I Remember Correctly IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion L8R Later LOL Laughing Out Loud NIFOC Nude In Front Of Computer OTF On The Floor (Laughing) OTOH On The Other Hand R/O Receiver Only ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTM Right On The Money RTFM Read The Fine Manual ("F" is dependent on the manual!) SIG Special Interest Group TIA Thanks In Advance TTFN Ta Ta For Now TTMS Talk (Type) To Me Soon TTYL(A) Talk (Type) To You Later (Alligator) In some of the technical conferences, you might find the following: AIArtificial Intelligence ANSI American National Standards Institute ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (programming) BIOS Basic Input Output System BPS Bits Per Second (communication) CAD Computer Aided Design CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering (programming) CCITT Consultative Committee for Internatn'l Telephony & Telegraphy CD-ROM Compact Disk-Read Only Memory CGA Color Graphics Adapter (screen) CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (memory) CPU Central Processing Unit CRT Cathode Ray Tube (screen) DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DES Data Encryption Standard DIP Dual In-line Package (memory) DMA Direct Memory Access DV DESQview (multitasking program) EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter (screen) EMM Expanded Memory Manager (memory) EMS Expanded Memory Specification (memory) EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (memory) ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface (hard disk) FAT File Allocation Table (disk) FCC Federal Communications Commission (communication) GUI Graphical User Interface (screen) HGC Hercules Graphics Card (screen) I/O Input/Output IDE Intergrated Drive Electronics (hard disk) LIM Lotus Intel Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification MDA Monochrome Display Adapter (screen) MFM Modified Frequency Modulation (hard disk) MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second MIS Management Information Systems MNP Microcom Network Protocol (communication) MS Microsoft OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer POST Power On Self Test PROM Programmable Read Only Memory (memory) RAM Random Access Memory (memory) RLL Run Length Limited (hard disk) ROM Read Only Memory (memory) SAA Systems Application Architecture (programming) SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface (hard disk) SIMM Single In-line Memory Module (memory) SIP Single In-line Package (memory) TSR Terminate Stay Resident programs UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (communication) VGA Video Graphics Array (screen) VLSI Very Large Scale Integrated circuit WORM Write Once, Read Mostly (optical disk) ZIP Zig-zag In-line Package (memory) In a For Sale conference, you may find the following as well: BO Best Offer C/MO Cash/Money Order COD Cash On Delivery PPD Prepaid OBO Or Best Offer SASE Self Addressed Stamped Envelope