From using as a greeting in net friendships to spicing up your IM conversations, these emoticons are a great help to show friends and family how you feel. Besides the default set of emoticons provided by Yahoo! Messenger in the emoticon menu, there are some more hidden emoticons which you can send by typing their respective character combination shortcuts directly into your message. The table below features the exhaustive list of Hidden Yahoo! Messenger Emoticons to surprise your friends and family. First find the emoticon image you want to generate in the first column, then from the second column find the character combination you have to type in your message to generate that emoticon.
| Emoticon | Key Combination | Description |
 | :o3 | puppy dog eyes |
 | :-?? | I don’t know |
 | %-( | not listening |
 | :@) | pig |
 | 3:-O | cow |
 | :(|) | monkey |
 | ~:> | chicken |
 | @};- | rose |
 | %%- | good luck |
 | **== | US flag |
 | (~~) | pumpkin |
 | ~O) | coffee |
 | *-:) | idea |
 | 8-X | skull |
 | >:/ | bring it on |
 | =:) | bug |
 | ;)) | hee hee |
 | >-) | alien |
 | :-@ | chatter box |
 | :-L | frustrated |
 | [-O< | praying |
 | $-) | money eyes |
 | :-" | whistling |
 | b-( | feeling beat up |
 | :)>- | peace sign |
 | [-X | shame on you |
 | ^:)^ | not worthy |
 | :-j | oh go on |
 | (*) | star |
 | o-> | hiro |
 | o=> | billy |
 | o-+ | april |
 | (%) | yin yang |
 | :bz | bee |
 | :D/ | dancing |