Top Secret Yahoo! Emoticons

Using Yahoo! Messenger's Hidden Emoticons

After creating the initial set of Yahoo! emoticons for Yahoo! Messenger, developers thought, "Why not create a secret set of Yahoo! emoticons our users can discover for themselves?" About.com is taking the guess work out of the "secret set" of Yahoo! emoticons--and here they are!

To create any of these Yahoo! emoticons, enter the following symbols in the text field of your Yahoo! IM box. Remember, some symbols will require hitting the SHIFT key.

More Yahoo! Messenger Emoticons

:o3 - puppy dog eyes

:-?? - I don't know

%-( - not listening

:@) - pig

3:-O - cow

:(|) - monkey

~:> - chicken

@};- - rose

%%- - good luck

**== - flag

(~~) - pumpkin

~O) - coffee

*-:) - idea

8-X - skull

=:) - bug

>-) - alien

:-L - frustrated

[-O< - praying

$-) - money eyes

:-" - whistling

b-( - feeling beat up

:)>- - peace sign

[-X - shame on you

\:D/ - dancing

>:/ - bring it on

;)) - hee hee

:-@ - chatterbox

^:)^ - not worthy

:-j - oh go on

(*) - star

o-> - hiro

o=> - billy

o-+ - april

(%) - yin yang

:bz - bee

[..] - transformer*