# How do I make words with smilies? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 11, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651 "2001-04-11T23:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/1 "2001-04-11T23:59:50Z")
I’ve seen many examples where a ton of smilies are put together and can spell out any word, but I have not seen anyplace that explains how to do this. Anyone got some help? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/2 "2001-04-12T00:51:50Z")
Why? Anything wrong with your keyboard? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/4 "2001-04-12T09:42:18Z")
Why I oughta… oh. Thanks, Lynn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/5 "2001-04-12T13:39:31Z")
Yeah, no kidding. Everybody knows that it should be _e.g.;_ since it’s Latin for _Exempli Gratia_. BTW, is 2 posts a record for being banned? Garwsh! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/6 "2001-04-13T00:24:30Z")
> [@](#): > > BTW, is 2 posts a record for being banned? Garwsh! Apparently, it ain’t if you’re a sock. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/7 "2001-04-13T09:33:53Z")
I’m not sure that anyone even bothered to check if our dear departed fried was a sock. Two posts insulting moderators is a bad enough beginning to get banned regardless of whether or not one has been banned before. There have been bannings of obvious sock puppets before they’ve even posted, and I recall a Michael M getting banned within eight minutes of his first post (this was the day after Michael Masterson was banned). Incidentally, when did spritle become spritle again? I noticed the other day (when he still had a sig that said “formerly spritle”) that he reverted to his original name from whatever the new one was. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/8 "2001-04-13T23:21:39Z")
Just can’t fight your nature, ya know. 🙂 your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/9 "2001-04-14T11:35:11Z")
To answer the OP: Use Word or notepad. Make a bunch of smilies (copy and paste is your friend!)… use different smilies to make the letters stand out from the other smilies… be creative!.. use preview to make sure that your word comes out correctly. (I have never done this, as I believe that it might summon an evil demon…, so proceed at your own risk!) ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-words-with-smilies/61651/10 "2001-04-14T15:51:40Z")
It will summon an evil demon in the form of **ChiefScott**! [sub]You know I love ya, Chieffy.[/sub]