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From: ssanbeg@visual.spk.wa.us (Scott Sanbeg)
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Newsgroups: alt.bbs
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Subject: USENET Symbols -- The SMILEY List
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Message-ID: <9108280132.23@visual.spk.wa.us>
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Date: 28 Aug 91 09:32:20 GMT
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Organization: Graphic Images By Design, Spokane, Washington
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As many have asked for this...
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SMILE.TXT 15-Jul-89 5422 33
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Keywords: ACRONYMS EMOTICONS SMILE GRIN SMIRK SYMBOLS
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ABBREVIATIONS
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A list of some of the mysterious acronyms much used on
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electronic messaging services. Also an exhaustive listing and
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decoding of "Emoticons," or icons of emotion, those bizarre
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combinations of punctuation marks that, when you tilt your head
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sideways, turn out to be pictures of facial expressions, and
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worse. Emoticon list contributed by James Bach 76555,273. File
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compiled by Joan Friedman 76701,145.
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Acronyms
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These acronyms are frequently used as savers of bytes and time in
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CIS Forum messages.
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CIS = Consumer Information Service (of CompuServe)
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RTFM = Read the, uh, Friggin' Manual
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PITA = Pain in the "acronym"
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BTW = By the way
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TSR = Terminate and Stay Resident program
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OTOH = On the other hand
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OTTH = On the third hand
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FWIW = For what it's worth
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RSN = Real Soon Now
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WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get
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PPN = Programmer Project Number. Ie, a CIS user's ID#.
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OIC = Oh, I see!
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IMHO = In my humble opinion [the speaker is never humble]
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IMCO = In my considered opinion
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g,d&r = grinning, ducking, and running
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ASAP = As soon as possible
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PDQ = Pretty damn quick
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EMOTICONS
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These "emoticons" [icons designating emotions] were originally
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uploaded to the IBMCOM Forum, DL6, in the files E-ICON.ARC and
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ICON2.ARC, and are posted here with the permission of the author,
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James Bach 76555,273.
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EMOTICON.1
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To help telecom-sters clarify just how humorous their postings
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are intended to be, here is a collection of the many faces of
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humor, emoticon-style.
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emoticon: n. a figure created with the symbols on a keyboard that
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is read with the head tilted to the left. Used to
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convey the spirit in which a line of text was typed.
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* *
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* Tilt your head slightly to the left to read the following *
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* emoticons. *
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* *
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:-) Humor
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:-) )-: Masking theatrical comments
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:<) For those with hairy lips
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:<)= For those with beards too
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:/) Not funny
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'-) Wink
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P-) Pirate
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;-) Sardonic incredulity
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(@ @) You're kidding!
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:-" Pursing lips
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:-v Just another face (speaking) profiled from the side
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:-V Shout
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:-w Speak with forked tongue
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:-W Shout with forked tongue
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:-r Bleahhh (sticking tongue out)
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:-f
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:-p
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:-1 Smirks
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:-,
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<:-O Eeek!
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:-* Oooops (covering mouth with hand)
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:-T keeping a straight face (tight-lipped)
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:-D said with a smile
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:-P
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:-y
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:-o More versions of shouting
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:-{ Count Dracula
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=|:-)= Uncle Sam
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7:) Reagan
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:-# Censored
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:~i Smoking
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:~j (and smiling)
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:/i No smoking
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:-I It's something, but I don't know what....
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:-x Kiss kiss
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:-> Alternate happy face
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:-( Unhappy
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:-c Real unhappy
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:-C Unbelieving (jaw dropped)
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:-< Forlorn
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:-B Drooling (or overbite)
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:-| Disgusted
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:-? Licking your lips
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<:>== A turkey emoticon
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:-) :-) :-) Loud guffaw
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:-J Tongue-in-cheek comments
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:*) Clowning around
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:-8 Talking out both sides of your mouth
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(:-) Msgs dealing with bicycle helmets
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@= Warning about nuclear war
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<:-) For dumb questions
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o= A burning candle for flames
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-= A doused candle to end a flame
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OO Headlights on msg
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:_) I used to be a boxer, but it really got my nose out
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of joint
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EMOTICON.2
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Awhile ago, I posted a set of emoticons, those little faces
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denoting various forms of humor. After browsing an internal
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bboard, I found even more emoticons - so here is Part II.....
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B-) Smiling and wearing glasses or sunglasses
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(or a message from Batman)
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8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
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#:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
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:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
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#:-o Same as previous
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|-( Late night messages
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:^) Messages teasing people about their noses
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:-{#} Messages teasing people about their braces
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(:-$ Message indicating person is ill...
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(:-& Message indicating person is angry...
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(:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad...
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(:^( Message concerning people with broken noses
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(:<) Message concerning blabber mouths
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:-(=) Message about people with big teeth
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&:-) Message from a person with curly hair
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@:-) Message from a person with wavy hair
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?-( Message about people with a black eye
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*:* Message about fuzzy things
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*:** Message about fuzzy things with fuzzy mustaches
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%-) Message about people with broken glasses
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+<:-| Message from a monk/nun...
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{0-) Message from cyclops...
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(:-|K- Formal message.
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...---... S.O.S.
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@%&$%& You know what that means...
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||*( Handshake offered
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||*) Handshake accepted
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<&&> Message concerning rubber chickens
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>< >< Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
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2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare
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(-_-) Secret smile
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<{:-)} Message in a bottle...
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<:-)<<| Message from a space rocket...
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(:-... Heart-breaking message...
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<<<<(:-) Message from a hat sales-man...
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(O--< A fishy message...
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(:>-< Message from a thief: hands up!
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<I==I) A message on four wheels
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:^{ For those with mustaches
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{ Alfred Hitchcock
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@>--->---- A rose.
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