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Emoticons

Show your friends how you really feel.

These little characters are a great way to spice up your IM conversations and show friends how you feel. Select them from the emoticon menu or type the keyboard shortcuts directly into your message. If the name of an emoticon is in bold, you can also include it in your status message - just type the characters for the emoticon into your status message (Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, 10 only).

Available Yahoo! Messenger Emoticons (1)
Emoticon Key Combination Description
:) happy
:( sad
;) winking
:D big grin
;;) batting eyelashes
>:D< big hug
:-/ confused
:x love struck
:"> blushing
:P tongue
:-* kiss
=(( broken heart
:-O surprise
X( angry
:> smug
B-) cool
:-S worried
#:-S whew!
>:) devil
:(( crying
:)) laughing
Available Yahoo! Messenger Emoticons (2)
Emoticon Key Combination Description
:| straight face
/:) raised eyebrows
=)) rolling on the floor
O:-) angel
:-B nerd
=; talk to the hand
:-c call me
:)] on the phone
~X( at wits' end
:-h wave
:-t time out
8-> day dreaming
I-) sleepy
8-| rolling eyes
L-) loser
:-& sick
:-$ don't tell anyone
[-( no talking
:O) clown
8-} silly
<:-P party
Available Yahoo! Messenger Emoticons (3)
Emoticon Key Combination Description
(:| yawn
=P~ drooling
:-? thinking
#-o d'oh
=D> applause
:-SS nail biting
@-) hypnotized
:^o liar
:-w waiting
:-< sigh
>:P phbbbbt
<):) cowboy
X_X I don't want to see
:!! hurry up!
\m/ rock on!
:-q thumbs down
:-bd thumbs up
^#(^ it wasn't me
:ar! pirate*

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* Only available in Yahoo! Messenger for the Web.