SMILEYs -- intended to provide inflection to users of electronic
           mail.
 
           This is a collection of smileys gathered over the years
           through various network sources.
 
 
 
:-)     the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article
        means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'
 
:->     normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above except
        person who submitted it has problems with their lips
 
:-¤)    normal smiling face with a moustache, same as #1 except
        submitter has moustache
 
:-‡     normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except
        person that submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other
        lip appearance improving device
 
:-|     no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'
 
:-(     sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]'
 
;-)     smiling face gets his lights punched out (could be pirate
        smiling face??), submitter is a practical joker who played
        one too many and got beat up [smile with wink?]
 
;-|     no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing
        but still gets beat up
 
;-(     sad face gets his lights punched out, sad or mad and got
        beat up, or 'that makes me so mad that if I ever
        see you I'll punch your lights out'
 
:-\     popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye
 
;-\     popeye gets his lights punched out
 
:-]     biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended,
        since we cannot inflect our voice over the net
 
:-[     biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism
 
:*)     drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated
        before or while reading netnews
 
:~)     smiling face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary
 
[:|]    submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project)
 
:>)     submitter has a big nose
 
:<|     submitter attends an Ivy League school
 
:%)%    submitter has acne
 
=:-)    submitter is a hosehead
 
:-(*)   submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and
        is about to vomit
 
:-)8    submitter is well dressed
 
%-)     submitter is cross-eyed
 
#-)     submitter partied all night
 
:-*     submitter just ate a sour pickle
 
-:-)    submitter sports a mohawk
 
(:)-)   submitter likes to scuba dive
 
:-'|    submitter has a cold
 
:-)'    submitter tends to drool
 
':-)    submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows
        this morning
 
8:]     normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla
 
%-^     submitter is Picasso
 
(-:     submitter is left-handed
 
0-)     submitter is an arc-welder
 
*:o)    submitter is a Bozo
 
8-)     submitter wears glasses
 
8:-)    submitter wears glasses on forehead
 
B-)     submitter wears sunglasses
 
*<|:-)  submitter is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
 
o-)     submitter is a cyclops
 
%-)     submitter with long bangs
 
(-)     submitter needing a haircut
 
0-)     submitter wearing scuba mask
 
@-)     person submitting is Cyclops
 
*-(     Cyclops got poked in the eye
 
%-)     person submitting has been staring
        at the terminal for 36 hours
 
B-|     person submitting is wearing cheap sunglasses
 
P-)     person submitting is getting fresh
 
:^(     submitter has had his nose put out of joint.  Useful for
        replying to flames.
 
|-)     Submitter is asleep (boredom)
 
.-)     Submitter has one eye
 
'-)     Submitter only has a left eye, which is closed
 
:=)     Submitter has two noses
 
:-D     Submitter talks too much
 
:-o     Submitter is shocked
 
:-%     Respondent has beard.
 
:-@     Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
 
:-#     Respondent's lips are sealed.
 
:-%     Respondent has beard.
 
:-@     Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
 
:-#     Respondent's lips are sealed.
 
::-)    respondent wears glasses
 
:-‡     respondent wears lipstick
 
[:-)    Submitter is listening to walkman thingy.
 
¤(:-)   Submitter is wearing toupee.
 
‡(:-(   Submitter, wearing toupee in wind.
 
:-")    submitter writes with tongue in cheek
 
:-&     submitter is tongue tied
 
:-(     Submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles.
 
 
Network mail conventions:
 
 
B4       before
BRB      be right back
BTW      by the way
CO       on line conference
CUL8R    see you later
D/L      download
FYI      for your attention
GA       go ahead (used in realtime online conversations)
GMTA     great minds think alike
GD&R     grinning, ducking and running
ILY      I love you
IMHO     in my humble opinion
IOHO     IN OUR HUMBLE OPINION
LOL      LAUGHING OUTLOUR
MORF     male or female
msg      message
OTOH     on the other hand
OIC      oh, I see
POTS     pounding on the table, shrieking
PROLLY   probably
PJTER    computer
REHI     hello, again
ROFL     rolling on floor, laughing
RSN      real soon now
TPTB     the powers that be
U/L      upload
WAEF     when all else fails
 
*xxxxx*     astericks around work for emphasis
_xxxxx_     italicized word
ALL CAPS    capitalized words for emphasis
            an all capitalized msg indicates shouting
 
DISCLAIMER:
   Network mail conventions original contributor: Michael E. Cohen
                                     (ibz2mec@uclamvs.bitnet)
   Smileys compilation submitted by: Gerry Santoro (gms@psuvm.bitnet)
 
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Sally Laughon : Computer Science
Jim Palmieri  : Biology/Medical Research
 
North Cross School                 BITNET: laughon@vtvm1
Roanoke, VA  USA                 INTERNET: laughon@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
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