Facebook chat emoticons

Facebook chat emoticons and you!

Facebook is, right now, the most popular website in the world, and that is shown by the number of people who are now using Facebook chat emoticons to talk with their friends. It’s really astounding that just five short years ago, Facebook was actually two words which didn’t really flow very well together, and now it is a noun and a verb!

Facebook smileys have become a part of our everyday lives, and with good reason. For a start, when chat was first introduced on the biggest social network in the world, there was no list or help associated with the face icons that we could use with our conversations. So what happened? People did research – they tested and tried and experimented and finally we had a list of all of the potential combinations and permutations that we could use to make smilies and emotes for Facebook chat. It took a long time, and I admit that I couldn’t find them all (a lot of them seemed to be secret or hidden).

Anyway, after a little more time, more and more websites published full lists of the Facebook chat emoticons, and many people were very happy. I, for one, was ecstatic, because there were a lot of emotes that nobody had ever seen before. I don’t think I was alone in thinking that it was crazy to have a Pacman emoticon in Facebook chat! I mean, that guy had disappeared during the coin-op days of the 80′s, but it was clear that the team at Facebook were quite ‘retro’ in their designs. There was also a cool robot emoticon which seemed to be a throwback to times gone by.

There are, of course, a number of other Facebook chat emoticons for your to choose from, including some of the omre ‘traditional’ ones such as a smiley face, a big smiley face, a love heart (and a broken heart!). There is also an angel, a devil and someone who is crying.

Then Facebook pulled a big change – they inctroduced a new emoticon! Nobody was expecting it (since Facebook had been so low key about their chat emoticons), but there it was – in full technicolor – a shark! Suddenly, people all over the world were scared that Jaws may jump out of their screens and bite them in the mouse-finger. Luckily, I’m pretty sure no long-term injuries were suffered.

A couple of months ago, Facebook introduced their second ‘extra’ or hidden emoticon – the penguin! It’s a very cute and adorable creature – very different from its predecessor. Now it is a mainstay in the Facebook chat emoticons arsenal – but the question is, what’s your favourite?

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October 3rd, 2009

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Aleisa

I would love to see a dinosaur emoticon! Do you create them or are they just listed on this website?

November 18, 2009 7:17 am

Facebook chat emoticons

They’re just listed, but as soon as any more are released we’ll let you know!

November 18, 2009 9:20 am

joshua and cedric

i wish there is a injection and a dino

November 19, 2009 5:35 pm

kye mccash

i wish there was mike myers,scream,pinhead lol

December 3, 2009 2:35 am

Emily

This is great! but your happy eyes is wrong. the picture of the emoticon you show is actually made by using -_- because ^_^ is a completely different one: -_- is happy eyes how you show it!

~thanks for the others! ive always wondered how to do the sunglasses!!! :)))

very helpful website!!! :D

December 5, 2009 9:27 am

Ashley

Is there anyway we can get an alien? that would be awesome!

December 10, 2009 3:33 am

Lori Hennes

I would love to see a cat!

December 15, 2009 3:55 am

Barb

I must be a moron. I still can’t get the emoticons to show as pictures. I type exactly what you show, but no picture…just the semi-colon, parenthesis, etc. shows up. What am I missing?

December 19, 2009 9:06 pm

luke

so r u the creature of facebook?

December 21, 2009 11:41 am

Facebook chat emoticons

No! Just listing the emoticons!

December 21, 2009 11:47 am

Valree

Barb, be sure to leave a space between your last word and the symbols you type. Good luck.

December 23, 2009 2:34 am

Boot

:putnam: !!!

December 28, 2009 10:27 am

rita

I love Facebook
And the emoticons.
They are soo CUTE ^^
i wish theres an emoticon that is related to an I-pod
or maybe smfin like that
otherwise it rules!!

December 31, 2009 9:26 pm

Wes

i like the putnam one. its a lil bit creepy, but i love it

January 1, 2010 9:53 am

Daniel

I wanna see a gun emoticion. Or maybe even peter griffin? Idk just make sure it is cool.

January 2, 2010 7:00 am

Patricia

you forgot the shark..

(^^^)

January 12, 2010 6:48 am

Patricia

hah nvm i found it lol

January 12, 2010 6:48 am

Abbey Davis

fish and dolphins would be cool

January 13, 2010 4:17 am

FThD

We need a ninja. QK

January 14, 2010 10:11 am

Jenn

I’ve seen music notes on people’s profiles. I was just wondering how you do those?

January 16, 2010 1:39 am

Facebook chat emoticons

http://facebooksymbols.net/facebook-music-symbols/

January 16, 2010 1:44 am

Pat

why can’t you use the facebook emoticons (other than heart) in your status?

February 13, 2010 12:27 am

Facebook chat emoticons

Check out http://facebooksymbols.net for more emoticons that you can use in your status!

February 13, 2010 12:35 am

Lilly

Hey I think you guy need to make a mad face cause sometimes my friends are being annoying and i want to put a mad face!!!!!!

March 1, 2010 3:28 am

Tania Phillips

Actually, considering the huge amount of times I embarrass myself or reveal a heat-inducing secret in facebook chat, a blushing emoticon would be fantastic…

March 26, 2010 4:15 am

BobtheBuilder

lol i like the micheal jackson 1!

March 28, 2010 11:44 pm

Bakhita Fung

It’s Gr8!
now i know all of them and my enimie will be begging on her knees on me to tell her what all the pics are

March 31, 2010 7:19 pm

gabbie

u forgot one! -_-

April 1, 2010 6:28 am

Loulabelle

I love the 42 – it is a reference to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and it is actually the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything. The problem is, we don’t know what the question is… :)

May 21, 2010 12:22 pm

nicah mae

thnx for the emotes!!!!!!!! ^_^

July 20, 2010 6:40 pm

Joscelyn

PINKY SWEAR emoticon. That would be fab!

September 22, 2010 3:47 pm

ira

some emoticons…

November 27, 2010 7:59 pm

Mahesh

42 -the meaning of life the universe and everything
It’s the answer the greatest computer comes up with when a group of highly intelligent pan dimensional creatures ask it for an answer in the book -”The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

January 1, 2011 10:04 pm

Dane

U forgot the stoned guy smily face.
-_- !!!!

February 10, 2011 5:31 am

alex

hahaha yall forgot the penguin (<")

February 23, 2011 9:33 am

Kayla Blake

how do u make a dinisour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March 2, 2011 7:55 am

ellie austin

lol these are very cool

March 13, 2011 7:16 pm

L3XI

you forgot this one: >:O

April 8, 2011 9:23 am

alice

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April 30, 2011 8:37 pm

Clarissa

if i made a page on facebook pettitioning for a new emoticon and got say, one million people to like the page would facebook ad the emoticon?

June 6, 2011 12:33 pm