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<head> <title> Smiley in USA </title> </head>

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 |-) happy Oriental

 8-&gt; just happy

 :-#) happy with a mustache

 &gt;:-&gt; happy with a crew cut

 :^) happy profile

 :^)# happy with a beard

 :^)## happy with a long beard

 8^#)# happy with a beard and mustache

 8^| grim

 8^( sad

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:-)     Smiling, happy face; don't take me too seriously
B-)     Above, but poster wears glasses or sunglasses
8-)     Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
#:-)    :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
:-(     Sad or angry face
@=      Flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows (mushroom 
cloud)
;-)     Winking happy face (something said tongue-in-cheek)
:-P     Tongue stuck out
:-b     Same as previous
:-D     Wider happy face (or mouth open too much)
:-o     &quot;Oh, nooooooo!&quot; (a la Mr. Bill)
#:-o    Same as previous
(:-)    Messages dealing with bicycle helmets
&lt;:-)    Dumb questions
oo      &quot;Somebody's head-lights are on&quot; messages
O&gt;-&lt;|=  Messages of interest to women
;-)     Wink ( take this message with a grain of salt)
|-(     Late night messages
:^)     Messages teasing people about their noses
:-{#}   Messages teasing people about their braces
(:-#    Message concerning something that shouldn't have been said...
(:-$    Message indicating person is ill...
(:-&amp;    Message indicating person is angry...
(:-*    Kiss...
(:-(    Message indicating person is VERY sad...
(:^(    Message concerning people with broken noses
(:&lt;)    Message concerning blabber mouths
:-(=)   Message about people with big teeth.
&amp;:-)    Message from a person with curly hair
@:-)    Message from a person with wavy hair
?-(     Message about people with a black eye.
*:*     Message about fuzzy things
*:**    Message about fuzzy people with a fuzzy mustache
%-)     Message about people with broken glasses
+&lt;:-|   Message from a monk/nun...
{0-)    Message from cyclops...
(:-D    Message concerning another blabber mouth...
(:-|K-  Formal message.
B-)     Message from Batman !!!
...---...   S.O.S.
@%&amp;$%&amp;  You know what that means...
||*(    Handshake offered
||*)    Handshake accepted
&lt;&amp;&amp;&gt;    Message concerning rubber chickens
&gt;&lt; &gt;&lt;   Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
2B|^2B  Message about Shakespeare
(-_-)   Secret smile
&lt;{:-)}  Message in a bottle...
&lt;:-)&lt;&lt;| Message from a space rocket...
(:-...  Heart-breaking message...
&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;(:-) Message from a hat sales-man...
(O--&lt;   A fishy message...
(8-)    Message from a four-eye...
(:&gt;-&lt;   Message from a thief: hands up!
&lt;I==I)  A message on four wheels
:^{     User wears a mustache.
{       User is Alfred Hitchcock.
@&gt;---&gt;----  A rose.

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:-)  the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article
  means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'

:-&gt;  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

;-|  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

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   :-)      yer standard smiley face
   :-&gt;       same
   :^)      alternate nose...
   :-(      yer standard frowning face
   :-&lt;       same
   :-(*)     submitter is sick of recent netnews and is about to vomit
   :-o       submitter is shocked / submitter is Mr. Bill
 ~ :-(      submitter is particularly angry

   8-)      submitter wears glasses
   B-)      submitter wears sunglasses
   [:|]      submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project)
   :&gt;)       submitter has a big nose
   :&lt;|       submitter attends an Ivy League school
   :%)%      submitter has acne
  =:-)       submitter is a hosehead
   :-)8      submitter is well dressed
  8:-)       submitter is a little girl
   :-)-}8    submitter is a big girl
   %-)       submitter is cross-eyed
   #-)       submitter partied all night
   :-*       submitter just ate a sour pickle
  -:-)       submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
   :-'|      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-)       submitter is getting fresh
   |-)       submitter is falling asleep (or is chinese)
   .-)       submitter has one eye
   :=)       submitter has two noses
   :-D       submitter talks too much
  O:-)       smiley face with halo- submitter is acting very innocent
   :-{)      submitter has moustache
   :-)}      submitter has goatee/beard
   :-d~      submitter smokes heavily
  Q:-)       submitter is a new grad
   (-:      submitter is Australian
   M:-)      submitter is saluting (symbol of respect)
   :-P       submitter is sticking out tongue (symbol of disrespect)

   8:]       submitter is a gorilla
   8)      submitter is a frog
   B)        submitter is a frog who is wearing sunglasses
   8P      submitter is a bullfrog and it's mating season
   8b      ditto
   |)      submitter is a salamander
   :8)       submitter is a pig
   3:-o      submitter is a cow
   :3-&lt;      submitter is a dog
   pp#       submitter is a cow
   pq`#'     submitter is a bull
   }.      submitter is an elephant
    `\

  +O:-)      submitter is the pope.
  C=:-)      submitter is the Galloping Gourmet
  =):-)      submitter is Uncle Sam
  =|:-)      submitter is Abe Lincoln
   4:-)      submitter is George Washington
   5:-)      submitter is Elvis Presley
   7:-)      submitter is Fred Flintstone
     -       submitter is Helen Keller
    :/7)     submitter is Cyrano de Bergerac
   &gt;:*)      submitter is Bozo the Clown
    #:o+=    submitter is Betty Boop
   _:^)      submitter is an Indian
   &gt;&gt;-O-&gt;    submitter is Gen. Custer
   8(:-)     submitter is Walt Disney

   &gt;:^(      submitter is a headhunter (Amazon style)
 -=#:-)      submitter has wizard status
   (:  (=|   submitter is going to be a ghost for Halloween...
   =:-H      submitter plays for NFL
   (V)=|     submitter is a pacman champion
   
   M-),:X),:-M sumbitter sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil

    C):-O
    C):-O
    C):-O
    C):-O   submitter is a barbershop quartet
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