# The Dubious Smiley **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058 "2009-06-17T13:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/1 "2009-06-17T13:12:10Z")
:dubious: I’m not sure if this goes here or into MPSIMS, but I just wanted to say that I’ve never seen this smiley on any other board, but I think it is just the most awesome smiley every invented. That’s all I had to say. Anyone else love this smiley? (On a related note, I don’t get this smiley :o – why is the mouth open for embarrassment?) (On another related note, :eek: is about perfect as well, as is :rolleyes:, although I find the :rolleyes: to be a little too dismissive.) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/2 "2009-06-17T14:23:06Z")
That’s because you never met Smashie. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/3 "2009-06-17T14:59:28Z")
Didn’t we take a vote on the dubious emoticon about 100 years ago? I don’t remember what the other options were, but I remember thinking the dubious fella looked rather constipated. I miss the Putz guy. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/4 "2009-06-17T15:09:27Z")
The first time I saw :eek: was years ago in an IM and it cracked me up. I’m also partial to the smackie. And I too don’t really get how:o conveys emarassment. When I see it my first thought is of a kind of smug, breathe on one’s fingernails and polish them on one’s lapel gesture. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/5 "2009-06-17T15:16:58Z")
The dubious smiley is _not_ the most awesome smiley ever invented. That honor goes to the “puke” smiley, in which a face turns to the side, the cheeks puff up, and it projectile vomits a little pyramid of puke–over and over and over until you finally hit the scroll bar. Unfortunately, we don’t have it on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/6 "2009-06-17T15:21:34Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Didn’t we take a vote on the dubious emoticon about 100 years ago? I don’t remember what the other options were, but I remember thinking the dubious fella looked rather constipated. I miss the Putz guy. Yup. In fact, [this link](http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/smpoll/poll1.html) (previously) came up as the very first result when googling “smashie smiley”. (Now this thread comes up first.) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/7 "2009-06-17T15:50:39Z")
I love the dubious smiley too. That and Eek are my favorites. Animated smilies ae very annoying though. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/8 "2009-06-17T15:55:31Z")
Everyone should post their “dubious” face. Like [this](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/e25bee08.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/9 "2009-06-17T16:05:26Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > That’s because you never met Smashie. Smashie is overrated. Once you wake up next to him the morning after, the first thing you ask yourself is “what was I thinking?” :smack: (You apparently had a three-way with Smashie and Smackie, in this scenario.) I love dubious. Probably my most used smiley. (I’m generally a very dubious person.) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/10 "2009-06-17T16:05:48Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Everyone should post their “dubious” face. > > Like [this](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/e25bee08.jpg). Needs more raised eyebrow. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/11 "2009-06-17T16:14:08Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Everyone should post their “dubious” face. > > Like [this](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/e25bee08.jpg). The greatest dubious face ever: [![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmhPCijw92s/R5af1W4Lr_I/AAAAAAAAABI/RBexlr9kcJc/S220/Mr_Spock.jpg) ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmhPCijw92s/R5af1W4Lr_I/AAAAAAAAABI/RBexlr9kcJc/S220/Mr_Spock.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/12 "2009-06-17T16:20:49Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yup. In fact, [this link](http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/smpoll/poll1.html) (previously) came up as the very first result when googling “smashie smiley”. (Now this thread comes up first.) Hmm, I do believe I like the first dubious smiley better than what we currently have. And who do I have to bribe around here to get Hijack? He doesn’t even necessarily have to come around during thread overthrows. How useful would that guy have been during Somali pirate discussions? Or any discussion, really. When are pirate emoticons not appropriate? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/13 "2009-06-17T16:37:31Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > The greatest dubious face ever: > [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/\_FmhPCijw92s/R5af1W4Lr\_I/AAAAAAAAABI/RBexlr9kcJc/S220/Mr\_Spock.jpg](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmhPCijw92s/R5af1W4Lr_I/AAAAAAAAABI/RBexlr9kcJc/S220/Mr_Spock.jpg) Yes! That’s what I most always have in mind when I see :dubious:. That, and a friend of mine who also puts on a pretty good dubious face. So, does anyone have an explanation for :o? ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/14 "2009-06-17T18:04:21Z")
Hey, I just noticed - Where did “Jewish Guy Smilie” go? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/15 "2009-06-17T20:54:42Z")
Funny, I was going to start a thread about how much I _hate_ the Dubious Guy. If I had a choice, I would much prefer the Hmmm Smiley from another message board I frequent (see the purple guy in the first post [here](http://mixsig.net/nexus/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4522)). Also, the :o. It looks more like “Yawn” than “Embarrassed” to me. On the other hand, the :smack: is possibly my favorite smiley on the whole internet. And the 😕 probably conveys puzzlement better than any of the others I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/16 "2009-06-17T22:36:34Z")
My all-time favorite animated smiley came from the Internet Infidels message boards: A brick wall with a profile smiley banging his (its?) head against it. Repeatedly. Of course, the bowing smiley (to indicate “I am not worthy”) was pretty cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/17 "2009-06-18T00:02:06Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > (On a related note, I don’t get this smiley :o – why is the mouth open for embarrassment?) For reasons that should be obvious, I call that one “BJ.” ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/18 "2009-06-18T00:06:00Z")
:o _belches_ ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/19 "2009-06-18T00:42:32Z")
While I don’t actually use smilies, I can appreciate them when the are used wisely. The dubious one is great. Agreed. The one with the question marks is awful when someone is feigning disbelief just because they disagree with someone’s post. But it is awesome when a funny poster with great timing uses it. The embarrassed one is good when used perfectly; which to me means when somone is not only embarrassed, but trying to save face. You know that way people puff up and put their noses in the air when the are ashamed of a position that they have to explain. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/20 "2009-06-18T02:17:05Z")
I merged dubious and confused for the smileys on my site, giving this guy: [http://www.aahz.com/aahz/images/wha.gif](http://www.aahz.com/aahz/images/wha.gif) I also view facepalm dude as being necessary for any good site: [http://www.aahz.com/aahz/images/doh.gif](http://www.aahz.com/aahz/images/doh.gif) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058.md?page=2)