How to Use Facebook Chat's Emoticons

Learning the Facebook Chat Smileys Set

In addition to text-based IM, Facebook Chat's simple, embedded IM client also offers users a library of cute emoticons to help share your emotions.

To create any of these emoticons, locate the symbols on your keyboard and enter them in the text field of your Facebook Chat IM window. Remember, some symbols will require hitting the SHIFT key.

Facebook Chat Emoticons

:) - happy

:( - sad

:P - tongue

:D - grin

:O - gasp

;) - wink

8) - glasses

B) - sunglasses

:3 - cute/cat-like

>:( - grumpy

:/ - unsure

:’( - cry

3:) - devil

O:) - angel

:-* - kiss

^_^ - “kiki”

-_- - squint

O.o - confused

>:O - upset

<3 - heart

:v - Pacman

:|] - robot

:putnam: - Chris Putnam (Facebook Engineer)

(^^^) - Shark

<(") - Penguin