Emoticons are combinations of keyboard symbols used to represent a facial expression that, in the absence of body language, served to draw a receiver's attention to the tenor or temper of a sender's non-verbal communication. E.g. ":)" - Happy
See emojis for unicode (graphical representations) of emoticons and many other symbols.
Text Emotions
:-) | smile, happy |
:-( | frowning and generally unhappy |
:-| | indifferent and generally indifferent |
;-) | winking and generally witty. "I mean no offense, this is said in good humor *and* I'm teasing/yanking your chain" |
8-) or B-) | smile (from a person with glasses/sunglasses) |
:-D | laughing |
;-) | wink |
:-o | uhh oh! (startled or surprised) |
:-> or >:-) | devilish grin |
;-> or >;-) | winky and devilish grin |
:-[ | pouting |
:-@ | screaming |
:-\ | undecided, unsure |
:-P | tongue hanging out (did someone say "chocolate"?!), alternative definition is "razzberries" |
:-0 | worried, shocked |
:-/ | frustrated |
:-{ | between frustrated, angry, and sad; chagrin |
<BG> or <bg> | Big Grin |
<G> or <g> | Grin |
<VBG> | Very Big Grin |
-X | My lips are sealed |
404 | I haven't a clue |
@-'--,- | a rose |
=:0 | when you spill your coffee/tea on your fabric |
=l:-)> | Uncle Sam |
<3 | a heart |
Emoticons at Yahoo! Messenger
These are .gif images not unicode characters, so you need to right click these and select "copy" or "copy image" to be able to paste them into a message.
See Emojis and
![happy](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/1.gif) |
:) |
happy |
![sad](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/2.gif) |
:( |
sad |
![winking](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/3.gif) |
;) |
winking |
![big grin](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/4.gif) |
:D |
big grin |
![batting eyelashes](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/5.gif) |
;;) |
batting eyelashes |
![big hug](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/6.gif) |
>:D< |
big hug |
![confused](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/7.gif) |
:-/ |
confused |
![love struck](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/8.gif) |
:x |
love struck |
![blushing](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/9.gif) |
:"> |
blushing |
![tongue](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/10.gif) |
:P |
tongue |
![kiss](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/11.gif) |
:-* |
kiss |
![broken heart](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/12.gif) |
=(( |
broken heart |
![surprise](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/13.gif) |
:-O |
surprise |
![angry](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/14.gif) |
X( |
angry |
![smug](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/15.gif) |
:> |
smug |
![cool](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/16.gif) |
B-) |
cool |
![worried](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/17.gif) |
:-S |
worried |
![whew!](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/18.gif) |
#:-S |
whew! |
![devil](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/19.gif) |
>:) |
devil |
![crying](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/20.gif) |
:(( |
crying |
![laughing](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/21.gif) |
:)) |
laughing |
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![straight face](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/22.gif) |
:| |
straight face |
![raised eyebrows](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/23.gif) |
/:) |
raised eyebrows |
![rolling on the floor](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/24.gif) |
=)) |
rolling on the floor |
![angel](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/25.gif) |
O:-) |
angel |
![nerd](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/26.gif) |
:-B |
nerd |
![talk to the hand](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/27.gif) |
=; |
talk to the hand |
![call me](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/101.gif) |
:-c |
call me |
![on the phone](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/100.gif) |
:)] |
on the phone |
![at wits' end](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/102.gif) |
~X( |
at wits' end |
![wave](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/103.gif) |
:-h |
wave |
![time out](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/104.gif) |
:-t |
time out |
![day dreaming](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/105.gif) |
8-> |
day dreaming |
![sleepy](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/28.gif) |
I-) |
sleepy |
![rolling eyes](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/29.gif) |
8-| |
rolling eyes |
![loser](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/30.gif) |
L-) |
loser |
![sick](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/31.gif) |
:-& |
sick |
![don't tell anyone](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/32.gif) |
:-$ |
don't tell anyone |
![no talking](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/33.gif) |
[-( |
no talking |
![clown](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/34.gif) |
:O) |
clown |
![silly](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/35.gif) |
8-} |
silly |
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![party](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/36.gif) |
<:-P |
party |
![yawn](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/37.gif) |
(:| |
yawn |
![drooling](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/38.gif) |
=P~ |
drooling |
![thinking](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/39.gif) |
:-? |
thinking |
![d'oh](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/40.gif) |
#-o |
d'oh |
![applause](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/41.gif) |
=D> |
applause |
![nail biting](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/42.gif) |
:-SS |
nail biting |
![hypnotized](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/43.gif) |
@-) |
hypnotized |
![liar](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/44.gif) |
:^o |
liar |
![waiting](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/45.gif) |
:-w |
waiting |
![sigh](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/46.gif) |
:-< |
sigh |
![phbbbbt](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/47.gif) |
>:P |
phbbbbt |
![cowboy](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/48.gif) |
<):) |
cowboy |
![I don't want to see](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/109.gif) |
X_X |
I don't want to see |
![hurry up!](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/110.gif) |
:!! |
hurry up! |
![rock on!](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/111.gif) |
\m/ |
rock on! |
![thumbs down](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/112.gif) |
:-q |
thumbs down |
![thumbs up](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/113.gif) |
:-bd |
thumbs up |
![it wasn't me](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/114.gif) |
^#(^ |
it wasn't me |
![pirate](../icons2/yahoo-messenger-emoticons/pirate_2.gif) |
:ar! |
pirate* |
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last updated 2 Mar 2016
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