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Emoticon HQ Quick Facts: Yahoo Emoticons and Yahoo IM

Yahoo Instant Messenger™ is a widely popular IM service that allows you to integrate email, instant messeging, and even text (You can even get Y! Messenger for your Blackberry)! Yahoo provides an extensive list of unique emoticons for use in both IM and email. Unlike most IM services, Yahoo moves beyond the standard emoticon set and includes a great variety of animated smilies sure to cover the gammit of emotions. Also new, Yahoo has emoti-contests, encouraging users to design newer and better smilies for future versions of Yahoo IM.

Through Emoticon HQ, we have a full list of Yahoo! smilies from basic to hidden Yahoo emoticons.

• Get Basic Yahoo Emoticons
• Get Hidden (secret) Yahoo Emoticons
• Yahoo Emoticon Contest Winners (Learn Shortcut Keys for New Yahoo Smileys)

Yahoo IM is Free and works great! Download Yahoo Instant Messenger (IM) 9.0 Here!

Yahoo! Basic Emoticons and Shortcut Keys
Download these Free Yahoo Smilies for use in Older Versions of Yahoo IM

ASCII text	Smiley	Description
:)		The happy Yahoo emoticon
:(		The sad Yahoo emoticon
;)		The winking Yahoo emoticon
:P		The tongue Yahoo emoticon
:-O		The shocked Yahoo emoticon
:-<		The "sigh" Yahoo emoticon
X(		The angry Yahoo emoticon
B-)		The cool Yahoo emoticon
:-?		The thoughtful Yahoo emoticon
:-&		The sick Yahoo emoticon
#.-S		The relieved Yahoo emoticon
O:-)		The angel Yahoo! emoticon
:-/		The confused Yahoo emoticon
:((		The crying Yahoo emoticon
[-(		The "not talking" Yahoo emoticon
:D		The big grin Yahoo emoticon
:-B		The nerdy Yahoo emoticon
|-)		The drowsy Yahoo emoticon
<:-P)		The partying Yahoo emoticon
:)]		The on the phone Yahoo emoticon
/:)		The sarcastic Yahoo emoticon
:-$		The don't tell Yahoo emoticon
:))		The laughin Yahoo emoticon
:-S		The worried Yahoo emoticon
=D>		The clapping Yahoo emoticon
:-c		The call me Yahoo emoticon
>:P		The ick factor Yahoo emoticon
:O)		The clown Yahoo emoticon
<):)		The cowboy Yahoo emoticon
8->		The daydreaming Yahoo emoticon
=P~		The drooling Yahoo emoticon
:-*		The kissing Yahoo emoticon
>:D<		The hugging Yahoo emoticon
@-)		The hypnotized Yahoo emoticon
#-o		The "d'oh" Yahoo emoticon
;;)		The batting eyelashes Yahoo emoticon
~X(		The hair pulling Yahoo emoticon
=((		The broken hearted Yahoo emoticon
=;		"Talk to the hand" Yahoo emoticon
:^o		The liar Yahoo smiley emoticon
L-)		The looser Yahoo emoticon
:x		The love struck Yahoo smiley emoticon
:-SS		The nail biting Yahoo emoticon
8-|		The annoyed Yahoo emoticon
=))		The rolling on the floor laughing Yahoo emoticon
8-}		The silly Yahoo emoticon
:>		The smug Yahoo emoticon
:|		The straight face Yahoo emoticon
:-t		The time out Yahoo emoticon
:-w		The waiting Yahoo emoticon
(:|		The bored and yawning Yahoo emoticon
>:)		The devil Yahoo emoticon
:-h		The waving Yahoo emoticon
:">		The blushing Yahoo emoticon

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Hidden (secret) Yahoo Emoticons
Download these Free Hidden (Secret) Yahoo Emoticons for Use in Older Versions of Yahoo IM

ASCII text	Smiley	Description
>-)		The alien hidden Yahoo smiley
o-+		The April hidden Yahoo smiley
b-(		The beat up hidden Yahoo smiley
o=>		The Billy hidden Yahoo smiley
=:)		The bug hidden Yahoo smiley
~:>		The chicken hidden Yahoo smiley
~O)		The coffee cup hidden Yahoo smiley
3:-O		The cow hidden Yahoo smiley
\:D/		The dancing hidden Yahoo smiley
**==		The flag hidden Yahoo smiley
:-L		The frustrated hidden Yahoo simley
%%-		The lucky hidden Yahoo! smiley
;))		The "hee hee" hidden Yahoo smiley
o->		The hiro hidden Yahoo smiley
*-:)		The idea hidden Yahoo smiley
:-??		The "I don't know" hidden Yahoo smiley
>:/		The "bring it on" or "Kill Bill" hidden Yahoo smiley
$-)		The money eyes hidden Yahoo smiley
:(|)		The monkey hidden Yahoo smiley
%-(		The not listening hidden Yahoo smiley
^:)^		The "I'm not worthy" hidden Yahoo smiley
:-j		The "Oh go on" hidden Yahoo smiley
:)>-		The peace hidden Yahoo smiley
:@)		The pid hidden Yahoo smiley
[-O<		The praying hidden Yahoo smiley
(~~)		The pumpkin hidden Yahoo smiley
:o3		The dog hidden Yahoo smiley
@};-		The rose hidden Yahoo smiley
[-X		The "shame on you" hidden Yahoo smiley
8-X		The skull hidden Yahoo smiley
(*)		The star hidden Yahoo smiley
:-@		The "chatterbox" hidden Yahoo smiley
:-"		The whistleing hidden Yahoo smiley
(%)		The yin yang hidden Yahoo smiley

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Yahoo Emoticon Contest Winners - View These New Yahoo Emoticons Now!
Download These Free New Yahoo Smileys for Use in Older Versions of Yahoo IM

ASCII text	Smiley	Description
(b)		The bee New Yahoo smiley emoticon
^#(^		The "it wasn't me" New Yahoo smiley emoticon
X-X		The "peek-a-boo" New Yahoo smiley emoticon
\m/		The rock out New Yahoo smiley emoticon
:-q		The thumbs down New Yahoo smiley emoticon
:!!		The "check the time" New Yahoo smiley emoticon
:-bd		The two thumbs up New Yahoo smiley emoticon

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The Icons and Emoticons on this page are the property of Yahoo™ and are not to be sold, nor are they to be distributed or used for anything beyond the Yahoo IM application and promotion thereof.