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It’s no mystery that smiley faces are being used extensively today. In fact they are considered to be almost essential. They can convey so much more emotions, sometimes even ten times more than a long descriptive sentence. Today smileys have evolved so much there are hundreds of them available for use. |
You might be wondering though why you only have less than 50 in your icon menu. This is because you haven’t discovered the hidden smileys yet. Read on through this article to find out more!
So what are these hidden or secret smiley faces? Secret smileys are those icons that typically cannot be found in your standard emoticon menu with your usual messaging program. This is why they are considered to be "hidden" or "secret". But it’s no big secret at all. You’ve probably been surprised when one of your friends sent you a certain smiley you’ve never seen before.
To send secret smileys, you have to key in the relevant keyboard shortcut, also called emoticon codes, on your message window. Once you send that code you’ll be able to view the secret smiley. Your friend will also be able to see it. If your friends still do not know about these secret smileys or don’t even really use smileys that much, go ahead and surprise them! It will be fun to keep your friends guessing for awhile on how you were able to send those non-existent smileys!
So how did secret smileys come about? Secret smiley faces are available to all kinds of instant messaging tools such as MSN or Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Skype and ICQ. These smileys are actually considered "old". They are known to have existed even before custom and animated emoticons. Some speculate that the makers of the standard emoticons have simply run out of space when trying to fit in smileys in the emoticon menu. Others speculate that these secret smileys are there simply to provide more interest and excitement for instant messenger users.
An example of secret smiley applications is the Hidden MSN Emoticons, which are secret smileys in MSN Messenger. There is quite a number of these secret smileys available for MSN Messenger. The latest secret smiley faces include Be Right Back (brb), Turtle (tu), Cigarette (ci), Xbox (xx), High Five (h5), and Fingers Crossed (yn). Many of these secret smileys were previously developed for MSN Messenger 6. However, they do exist today for MSN Messenger 7 and 7.5 and are sometimes confused with customized emoticons.
A few examples of secret smiley faces can also be found in Skype. You can go ahead and give it a shot at skype.com/download/. All you have to do is type in the codes or copy and paste them. You can check out (mooning), (bandit), (toivo) and the ever so famous (finger). Of course, use with care and don’t accidentally send dirty and rude smileys to your supervisor! More examples of cool and secretive smileys include (drunk), (smoke), (headbang) and (rock).
Here are even more secret smiley faces:
Carrot, carfish, complain, cry, dung (you know what this is), lol (animated laughing face), yarr (an old winking face), unsure, and violin (an animated violinist). As you can see there is a wide variety of secret smileys to choose and surprise or shock your friends with.
Of course downloading and installation processes will differ depending on which messaging tool you are using. The best way to install secret smileys to your computer safely is to visit the official site of the messaging tool you are using. From thereon you will be prompted on how to accomplish installation. Usually it takes just a minute or two and about 3 steps to download these wonderful secret smiley faces. Enjoy!
