Smilies

Explanation

'Smilies' are small graphical images that can be used to convey an emotion or feeling. If you have used email or internet chat, you are likely familiar with the smilie concept. Certain standard strings are automatically converted into smilies. Try twisting your head on one side if you do not 'get' smilies; using a bit of imagination should reveal a face of some description.

If you want to disable smilies in a post that you make, you can select the 'Disable Smilies' option when posting. This is particularly useful if you are posting program code and you do not want ;) converted to a smilie face!

Smilie list

What to type
Resulting graphic
Meaning
  • Generic Smilies
  • ;)
    Wink Yellow
    Wink Yellow
  • :)
  • :dumbo:
    Dumbo
    Dumbo
  • :(
    Sad
    Sad
  • :mad:
    :mad:
    :mad:
  • :P
    :P
    :P
  • :p
    :p
    :p
  • :D
    :D
    :D
  • :woowoo:
    :woowoo:
    :woowoo:
  • :o
  • :confused:
    Confused
    Confused
  • :eek:
    Eek
    Eek
  • :cool:
    Cool
    Cool
  • :iiam:
    :iiam:
    :iiam:
  • :bravo:
    :bravo:
    :bravo:
  • :lol:
    LOL lowercase
    LOL lowercase
  • Imported Smilies
  • :fishbeat:
    :fishbeat:
    :fishbeat:
  • :angel:
    Angel
    Angel
  • :smug:
    Smug
    Smug
  • :madsci:
    :madsci:
    :madsci:
  • :psychic:
    Psychic
    Psychic
  • :devil:
    Devil
    Devil
  • :hist:
    History
    History
  • :sci:
    Science!
    Science!
  • :drunk:
    Drunk
    Drunk
  • :tongue:
  • :LOL:
    LOL
    LOL
  • :roll:
  • :???:
  • :hug:
    Hug
    Hug
  • :sad:
  • :hoj:
  • :dubious:
  • :smack
  • :smash:
  • :emb:
  • :rolleyes:
    Rolleyes
    Rolleyes
  • :fist:
    Fist
    Fist
  • :bb:
    Baseball
    Baseball
  • :priest:
    Priest
    Priest
  • :disko:
    Disko Warp
    Disko Warp
  • :cage:
    Cage
    Cage
  • :hh:
    Heil!
    Heil!
  • :fail:
    Science Fail
    Science Fail
  • :fap:
    fapfapfap
    fapfapfap
  • :jihad:
    Jihad
    Jihad
  • :suicide:
    Suicide
    Suicide
  • :yarr:
    Cluricaun!
    Cluricaun!
  • :gah:
    Gah!
    Gah!
  • :mello:
    :mello:
    :mello:
  • :hi:
    :hi:
    :hi:
  • :barf:
    :barf:
    :barf:
  • :bye:
    :bye:
    :bye:
  • <3
    <3
    <3
  • :kitteh:
    :kitteh:
    :kitteh:
  • :wth:
    :wth:
    :wth:
  • :dance:
    :dance:
    :dance:
  • :ferret:
    :ferret:
    :ferret:
  • :aussie:
    :aussie:
    :aussie:
  • :pedo:
    :pedo:
    :pedo:
  • :whistle:
    :whistle:
    :whistle:
  • :911:
    :911:
    :911:
  • :RAEG:
    :RAEG:
    :RAEG:
  • :\
    :\
    :\
  • :tgif:
    :tgif:
    :tgif:
  • :deadplace:
    :deadplace:
    :deadplace:
  • :popcorn:
    :popcorn:
    :popcorn:
  • :coffee:
    Coffee Time
    Coffee Time
  • :zombie:
    :zombie:
    :zombie:
  • :3:
    :3:
    :3: