How do I use MSN Emoticons?
Each emoticon within MSN Messenger has a tag, which automatically generates a particular emoticon. The simplest example is a smiley face, composed of a colon and a right-hand bracket. Therefore typing '?' will automatically give the smiley-faced emoticon. Using the opposite bracket will produce a sad face. Many other emoticons also have tags that resemble them, and it's possible to remember the majority of basic emotion tags relatively quickly. For those that are less easy to remember, there is a drop down menu available in the chat window, where you can select the emoticon directly by clicking with the mouse.
Most emoticon tags are composed of either two or three characters, which makes them both quick to write and relatively easy to remember. The emoticon will appear as you type in the lower box, so you can be sure that you are sending the correct symbol before you actually send your message.
To place an emoticon in a sentence, simply type in the relevant tag at whichever point you wish the emoticon to appear. There's even no need to worry about spacing between words and emoticons as the MSN Messenger programme automatically detects the tag. There is no limit on the number of emoticons which can be used at any one time, and indeed a message can be made up entirely of emoticons.
Using emoticons becomes natural with practice, and it shouldn't take a new user too long to adjust and to memorise a useful, core range of emoticons.
Popular MSN Emoticons
To send the following emoticon:
| Standard Smile | :-) or :) |
| Open-mouthed Smile | :-D or :d |
| Surprised | :-O or :o |
| Sticking tongue out | :-P or :p |
| Wink | ;-) or ;) |
| Sad | :-( or :( |
| Confused | :-S or :s |
| Disappointed | :-| or :| |
| Crying | :'( |
| Embarrassed | :-$ or :$ |
| Hot | (H) or (h) |
| Angry | :-@ or :@ |
| Angel | (A) or (a) |
| Devil | (6) |
| Don't tell anyone (sshhh...) | :-# |
| Baring teeth | 8o| |
| Nerd | 8-| |
| Sarcastic | ^o) |
| Secret telling (zipping mouth shut) | :-* |
| Sick | +o( |
| I don't know | :^) |
| Thinking | *-) |
| Party | <:o) |
| Rolling eyes | 8-) |
| Sleepy | |-) |
| Coffee cup | (C) or (c) |
| Thumbs up | (Y) or (y) |
| Thumbs down | (N) or (n) |
| Beer mug | (B) or (b) |
| Martini glass | (D) or (d) |
| Girl | (X) or (x) |
| Boy | (Z) or (z) |
| Left hug | ({) |
| Right hug | (}) |
| Vampire bat | :-[ or :[ |
| Birthday cake | (^) |
| Red heart | (L) or (l) |
| Broken heart | (U) or (u) |
| Red lips | (K) or (k) |
| Gift with a bow | (G) or (g) |
| Red rose | (F) or (f) |
| Wilted rose | (W) or (w) |
| Camera | (P) or (p) |
| Filmstrip | (~) |
| Cat face | (@) |
| Dog face | (&) |
| Telephone receiver | (T) or (t) |
| Light bulb | (I) or (i) |
| Note | (8) |
| Half-moon sleeping | (S) |
| Star | (*) |
| (E) or (e) | |
| Clock | (O) or (o) |
| MSN Messenger icon | (M) or (m) |
| Snail | (sn) |
| Black Sheep | (bah) |
| Plate | (pl) |
| Bowl | (||) |
| Pizza | (pi) |
| Soccer ball | (so) |
| Auto | (au) |
| Airplane | (ap) |
| Umbrella | (um) |
| Island and palm tree | (ip) |
| Computer | (co) |
| Cell Phone | (mp) |
| Storm cloud | (st) |
| Lightning | (li) |
| Money | (mo) |
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