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Smiley & abb.
  Smiley & abb.  
The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary:

:-) Your basic smiley This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or
joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over IRC. The others are all derivatives.
:-(       Basic sad
:-o      Wow!

:-c      Real unhappy
:-|      Grim
:-C      Just totally unbelieving
:= |     Baboon
:-B      Drooling
(:-)     Bald
:-)>    Bearded
%+(    Beaten up
R^)     Broken glasses
:^)     Broken nose
|:-)    Bushy eyebrows
X-)     Cross-eyed
:-e     Disappointed
:-)'     Drooling
{:V     Duck
>:-)    Evil grin
:'''-(    Floods of tears
8)      Frog
8:)     Gorilla
:-')    Got a cold
:-|     Hmmmph!
:-C     Jaw hitting the floor
.-)     Keeping an eye out
:-#     Kiss
:+)     Large nose
:-D    Laughing out loud
:-}    Leering
(-:     Left-handed
:-9    Licking lips
:- |   Monkey
(-)    Needs haircut
:8)    Pig
=:-)   Punk
O:-)   Saint
:-@   Screaming
:-O    Shocked
:-V    Shouting
|-)    Sleeping
:-p    Tongue-in-cheek
:-&t    Tongue-tied
:-/     Undecided
:-[     Vampire
:-))    Very happy
:-((    Very sad
:-(#)   Wears teeth braces
;-)     Winking
|-O    Yawning

:-v      Speaking
:-,       Smirk
:-V      Shout
:-||     Angry
:-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
%- 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!!"


(-:     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 is from an Ivy League School
+-:-) 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 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 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
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
:D - Laughter
:I - Hmmm, not funny!
:( - Sad
:[ - Real Downer
:< - what pretences!
:{ - oh boy, the headmaster!
:O - Yelling
;( - Crying
[] - Hugs and
:* - Kisses


Now here are some abbreviations you may often see:

ROFL
= Rolling on the floor laughing
LOL
= lots of laughter
CIS = Consumer Information Service (of CompuServe)
RTFM = Read the, uh, Friggin' Manual
PITA = Pain in the "acronym"
BTW = By the way
BFN = Bye, for now
TSR = Terminate and Stay Resident program
OTOH = On the other hand
OTTH = On the third hand
FWIW = For what it's worth
RSN = Real Soon Now
WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get
PPN = Programmer Project Number. Ie, a CIS user's ID#.
OIC = Oh, I see!
IMHO = In my humble opinion [the speaker is never humble]
IMCO = In my considered opinion
g,d&r = grinning, ducking, and running
OOTB = Out of the box
BRB = be right back

BBL = be back later
evil grin
extremely evil grin
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
NRN  = No Reply Necessary
BRB = Be Right Back
OBTW = Oh, By The Way
BTDT = Been There Done That
OMG = Oh My God
GAL = Get A Life
OTT = Over The Top
HHOJ = Ha Ha, Only Joking
MOTOS = Member Of The Opposite Sex
POD = Piece Of Data
IWBNI = It Would Be Nice If
JAM = Just A Minute
RUOK = Are You OK
NIFOC = Nude In Front Of Computer
TIA = Thanks In Advance

 

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