:-)   Your basic smilie. This smilie is used to inflect a
             sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear
             voice inflection over Unix.
       
       ;-)   Winky smilie. User just made a flirtatious and/or
             sarcastic remark. More of a "don't hit me for what
             I just said" smilie.
       
       :-(   Frowning smilie. User did not like that last statement
             or is upset or depressed about something.
       
       :-I   Indifferent smilie. Better than a Frowning smilie but
             not quite as good as a happy smilie
       
       :->   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 some somewhat less common ones:

Changing the mouth:

       :-[     A vampire.
       
       :-E     Buck-toothed vampire.
       
       :-F     Buck-toothed vampire with one tooth missing.
       
       :-7     Just made a wry statement.
       
       :-*     Just ate something sour.
       
       :-@     Screaming.
       
       :-#     Wears braces.
       
       :-&     Tongue-tied.
       
       :-Q     Smoking.
       
       :-?     Smoking a pipe.
       
       :-P     Sticking out tongue.
       
       :-S     Just made an incoherent statement.
       
       :-D     Laughing out loud.
       
       :-X     Lips are sealed.
       
       :-C     Really bummed.
       
       :-/     Skeptical.
       
       :-o     Uh-oh.
       
       :-9     Licking his/her lips.
       
       :-0     No yelling! (quiet hours in the dorm) - also an orator.
       
       :-`     Spitting (tobacco).
       
       :-1     Normal.
       
       :-!     Normal.
       
       :-$     Mouth wired shut.
       
       :-%     Banker.
       
       :-q     Trying to touch tongue to nose.
       
       :-a     Same as above on other side.

       
       :-e     Disappointed.
       
       :-t     Cross.
       
       :-i     Semi-smiley.
       
       :-]     Blockhead.
       
       :-[     Unsmiley blockhead.
       
       :-}     Chapped lips, or bearded.
       
       :-{     Indifferent with moustache.
       
       :-j     Left smiley.
       
       :-d     Left smiley razzing reader.
       
       :-k     Beats me.
       
       :-\     Undecided.
       
       :-|     Have a day.
       
       :-<     Real sad.
       
       :-x     Lips are sealed.
       
       :-c     Bummed out.
       
       :-v     Talking head.
       
       :-b     Stincking out tongue.
       

Changing the nose:

       :*)     Drunk.
       
       :^)     Has a broken nose.
       
       :v)     Broken nose in the other direction.
       
       :_)     Nose is sliding off his/her face.
       
       :<)     From an Ivy League school.
       
       :=)     Two noses.
       
       :o)     Clown.
       
       :u)     Funny looking nose (left).
       
       :n)     Funny looking nose (right).
       

Changing the eyes:

       %-)     Staring at the screen for 15 hours straight.
       
       8-)     Wearing sunglasses.
       
       B-)     Wearing glasses (could be horn-rims).
       
       O-)     Megaton, cyclops, of wearing a diving mask.
       
       .-)     One-eyed.
       
       ,-)     Winking, one-eyed.
       
       g-)     Ponce-nez glasses.
       

Changing more than one character:

       |-I     Sleeping.
       
       |-O     Yawning.
       
       %-6     Brain dead.
       
       |^o     Snoring.
       
       :,(     Crying, but without a nose.
       
       8-|     Suspenseful.
       

Adding extra characters:

       ::-)    Wears glasses (four eyes).
       
       B:-)    Glasses on top of head.
       
       8:-)    Little girl.
       
       :-)-8   Big girl.
       
       :-{)    Has moustache.
       
       :-#)    Bushy moustache.
       
       {:-)    Wears a toupee.
       
       }:-)    Toupee in an updraft.
       
       :-)~    Drooling.
       
       :-~)    Has a cold.
       
       :'-)    So happy, he/she is crying.
       
       =:-)    Hosehead.
       
       -:-)    Punk rocker.
       
       +-:-)   The Pope.
       
       `:-)    Shaved off one eyebrow.
       
       ,:-)    Shaved off the other eyebrow.
       
       O :-)   Angel.
       
       C=:-)   Chef.
       
       *<:-)   Wearing a Santa Claus hat.
       
       E-:-)   Ham radio operator.
       
       8 :-)   Wizard.
       
       @:-)    Wearing a turban.
       
       [:-)    Listening to a walkman.
       
       :-))    Double chin.
       
       >:-)    Devil.
       
       (:-)    Big smile.
       
       +:-)    Priest.
       
       :-)X    Wearing a bow tie.
       

Misc:

       (-:     Left handed.
       
       [:]     Robot.
       
       :-{}    Wearing lipstick.
       
       :'-(    Crying.
       
       <|-)    Chinese.
       
       <|-(    Chinese, but doesn't like these kind of jokes.
       
       -:-(    Real punk rockers don't smile.
       
       @=      Pro-nuclear war.
       
       (8-o    Mr. Bill. (From original Saturday Night Live)
       
       *:o)    Bozo the Clown.
       
       3:]     Pet smile.
       
       3:[     Mean pet smile.
       
       d8=     Beaver with goggles and hard hat.
       
       (:I     Egghead.
       
       <:-I    Dunce.
       
       K:P     Kid with propeller beanie.
       
       :-:     Mutant.
       
               Invisible.
       
       X-(     Dead.
       
       []      Hugs.
       
       ~~:-(   Getting flamed.
       
       O |-)   Religious.
       
       8 :-I   Unix wizard.
       
       >:-I    Trekkie.
       
       3:o[    Pet clown.
       
       8       Infinity.
       

Miniatures:

       :)      Standard.
       
       :]      Gleep.
       
       :@      Yelling.
       
       :D      Laughing.
       
       :I      Thinking.
       
       :(      Sad.
       
       :[      Really bummed.
       
       :O      Talking loudly.
       
       :Q      Smoking.
       
       :*      Kissing.
       
       |I      Sleeping.
       
       |O      Yawning.
       
       :P      Sticking out tongue.
       
       =)      Have a nice day.
       

Unknowns:

       :}
       
       :>
       

Many characteristics of different smileys to create Mega-smileys:

       C=}>;*{))  A drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft,
                                 a mustache, and a double chin
       
       }:^#})     Updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with
                               a double-chin
       

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