Windows Live Messenger

Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) is an instant messaging program developed by Microsoft. Thanks to the program's integration with other Microsoft products, Live Messenger has become one of the most popular online chat programs. If you use Live Messenger, you can use the emoticon shortcuts below to insert some fun images into your messages.

Download Windows Live Messenger.  Smiley images courtesy of Microsoft.

Shortcut	Smiley	Meaning Tweet
(ap)		Airplane
:8)		Alien
(a)		Angel
:-@		Angry
:@		Angry
(au)		Auto
8o|		Baring Teeth
(brb)		Be Right Back
(b)		Beer Mug
(^)		Birthday Cake
(bah)		Black Sheep
(||)		Bowl
(z)		Boy
(U)		Broken Heart
(u)		Broken Heart
(bus)		Bus
(p)		Camera
(@)		Cat Face
(o)		Clock
(c)		Coffee Cup
(co)		Computer
:-S		Confused
:s		Confused
:'(		Crying
(6)		Devil
:-|		Disappointed
:|		Disappointed
:-#		Do Not Tell Anyone
(&)		Dog Face
(e)		E-mail
:$		Embarrassed
(v)		Envious
8-)		Eye-Rolling
(~)		Filmstrip
(yn)		Fingers Crossed
(ff)		Flirty Female
(fm)		Flirty Male
:'|		Freezing
:-P		Frustrated
(boo)		Ghost
(g)		Gift with a Bow
(x)		Girl
(nah)		Goat
(nnh)		Goat
(h5)		High Five
:-\		Hmmm
(h)		Hot
:^)		I Do Not Know
:]		In Love
(wm)		Innocent
(ip)		Island with a Palm Tree
(jk)		Joking
(xo)		Kiss
(lol)		Laughing Out Loud
({)		Left Hug
(i)		Light Bulb
(li)		Lightning
(d)		Martini Glass
(mp)		Mobile Phone
(mo)		Money
(m)		MSN Messenger
8-|		Nerd
(j)		Ninja
(8)		Note
:-D		Open-Mouthed Smile
:d		Open-Mouthed Smile
<o)		Party
*p*		Peace
(pi)		Pizza
(pl)		Plate
(pu)		Point Up
:}		Princess
*|		Punch
*\		Punk
('.')		Rabbit
(r)		Rainbow
(l)		Red Heart
(k)		Red Lips
(f)		Red Rose
(})		Right Hug
(rotfl)		Rolling on the floor laughing
:-(		Sad
:(		Sad
^o)		Sarcastic
*s*		School
:-*		Secret Telling
+o(		Sick
(s)		Sleeping Half-Moon
|-)		Sleepy
:-)		Smile
:)		Smile
(sn)		Snail
(so)		Soccer Ball
(*)		Star
;@		Steaming Mad
:-P		Sticking Tongue Out
:P		Sticking Tongue Out
(st)		Stormy Cloud
(#)		Sunshine
:o		Surprised
:-O		Surprised
(t)		Telephone Receiver
*-)		Thinking
(n)		Thumbs Down
(y)		Thumbs Up
(tu)		Turtle
(um)		Umbrella
:-[		Vampire Bat
:[		Vampire Bat
;-\		Whatever
(w)		Wilted Rose
;-)		Winking
;)		Winking
(wo)		Work
(xx)		Xbox