List Of Smileys To Use On Facebook Chat And Messaging

I was on facebook chat earlier this morning with an old friend whom I haven't seen for quite some time. We were just talking about old times when i replied with a funny smiley and she was like, "how did you do that?" I was a bit surprised she didn't know about how to use smilies on facebook chat and messaging because I assumed everybody did. I couldn't find a better way to reply but to come up with a blog post that gives out a list of smileys/emoticons to use on facebook chat and messaging. The list of smilies given out by facebook is incomplete, they claim they're adding more and you should keep trying out different codes yourself.


Unlike Yahoo messenger and other IM platforms that gives a list of supported smileys, facebook doesn't, they just assume you should know them. Below is a list of facebook emoticons supported at the moment and the codes to make them appear.

Smiley	Description	Code(s)
	smile or happy	:-) :) :] =)
	frown	:-( :( :[ =(
	gasp	:-O :O :-o :o
	grin	:-D :D =D
	tongue	:-P :P :-p :p =P
	wink	;-) ;)
	curly lips	:3
	kiss	:-* :*
	grumpy	>:( >:-(
	geek	8-) 8) B-) B)
	cool	8-| 8| B-| B|
	upset or very angry	>:O >:-O >:o >:-o
	confused	o.O O.o
	shark	(^^^)
	pacman face	:v
	squint	-_-
	angel	O:) O:-)
	devil	3:) 3:-)
	unsure	:/ :-/ :\ :-\
	crying	:'(
	Chris Putnam	:putnam:
	robot	:|]
	heart	<3
	kiki	^_^
	penguin	<(“)

You should, however, note that these smileys can't be used on facebook mobile messaging. You can type them while sending a message on facebook mobile though and your recipient will see the emoticon if he/she is using facebook desktop version.

Also, this list only works on facebook chat and messaging, they won't work on wall posts, status updates and comments.