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Send a Big Grin with Windows Live Messenger
Discovering the Live Emoticon Library

By Brandon De Hoyos, About.com

One of the things which makes Windows Live Messenger an incredible IM client are the sheer number of emoticons available for their users. Whether you want to illustrate how your much you love your friend with a hug or send a birthday cake to a friend, emoticons are in abundance on Windows Live Messenger

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

Windows Live Messenger Emoticons

(ap) - airplane

(a) - angel

:-@ - angry

:@ - angry

(au) - auto

8o| - baring teeth

(brb) - be right back

(b) - beer mug

(^) - birthday cake

(bah) - black sheep

(||) - bowl

(z) - boy

(u) - broken heart

(p) - camera

(@) - cat

(ci) - cigarette

(o) - clock

(c) - coffee cup

(co) - computer

:s - confused

:'( - crying

(6) - devil

:| - disappointed

:-# - ‘Do Not Tell Anyone’

(&) - Dog face

(e) - email

:$ - embarrassed

8-) - eye-rolling

(~) - film strip

(yn) - fingers crossed

:-P - frustrated

(g) - gift with a bow

(x) - girl

(nah) - goat

(%) - handcuffs

:) - happy

(h5) - high five

(h) - hot

:^) - ‘I Do Not Know’

*help - IM

*red+u - IM

(ip) - island w/ palm tree

({) - left hug

(i) - light bulb

(li) - lightening

(d) - martini glass

(mp) - mobile phone

(mo) - money

(m) - MSN Messenger

8-| - nerd

(8) - note

:d - open-mouthed smile

<:o) - party

(pi) - pizza

(pl) - plate

('.') - rabbit

(l) - red heart

(k) - red lips

(f) - red rose

(}) - right hug

:( - sad

^o) - sarcastic

:-* - secret telling

+o( - sick

(s) - sleepy half moon

|-) - sleepy

:) - smile

(sn) - snail

(so) - soccer ball

(*) - star

:P - sticking tongue out

(st) - stormy cloud

:o - surprised

(t) - telephone receiver

*-) - thinking

(n) - thumbs down

(y) - thumbs up

(tu) - turtle

(um) - umbrella

:[ - vampire bat

(w) - wilted rose

;) - winking

(xx) - xbox

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