# smilies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/20166>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 22, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/20166 "2000-05-22T05:10:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/20166/1 "2000-05-22T05:10:48Z")

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;-&  
:-&  
:-@  
l-0  
😛  
\*:o)  
\<:-l  
0:-)  
😮  
;-C  
:’-(  
;-O  
😃

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**Author:** ![It\_is\_to\_laugh-Non](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ec9cab/32.png) [@It\_is\_to\_laugh-Non](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_is_to_laugh-Non)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/20166/2 "2000-05-22T05:15:18Z")

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**\*:o)**

I like this one, but you have to “Disable Smilies in This Post” to see it.

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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/20166/3 "2000-05-22T05:17:06Z")

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this is me, in the mirror.

}:-.)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/20166/4 "2000-05-22T05:41:50Z")

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My personal favorite is ÷Ð  
I actually wrote an mIRC script to randomly generate smileys… If I recall correctly, it was capable of over 15,000 different ones. You can also have a pig face :©) or a tear :~( or sunglasses B) or licking your lips :9 or a French kiss :Pd: … And the list goes on.