Facebook chat aiya emoticon – >:o
Sometimes you just need to say ‘what the heck?!’ – it looks like this guy has been bashed on the head!

Facebook chat shark emoticon – (^^^)
One of the newest and one of the coolest possible smileys to use to show someone that you want to bite them! Or maybe you want to remind them that you’re hunting them…

Facebook chat penguin emoticon – <(")
The penguin Facebook smiley was also added later (after the original ones) but caused quite a lot of interest due to it being so cute and cuddly!

Facebook chat woot emoticon – O.o
Sometimes the word ‘woot’ is not enough – you need to tell someone that you can not believe what on earth they said!

Facebook chat kiss emoticon – :*
Love emotions are some of the most frequently used on Facebook, because couples love to stay in touch using the service. This kiss is a very cute icon and can be pasted in your chat to show your boyfriend or girlfriend that you wish you were with them!

Facebook chat wink emoticon – ;)
Stay cool, wink it out! This cute wink can show someone you understand them, or maybe that you fancy them!

Facebook chat tongue emoticon – :p
It’s not rude to stick your tongue out on the internet, so why not show a little bit of your cheeky side with the tongue smiley? You might even get one back!

Facebook chat sunglasses emoticon – 8-|
We all know that only the coolest cyber-nerds use Facebook chat, so why don’t you put on your electronic sunglasses and be cool!

Facebook chat smiling emoticon – :)
The classic smile is one of the most famous images ever to grace the Internet, so why wouldn’t you add this to your chat arsenal and send it to people who are a little more traditional? It’s always good to be classic!

Facebook chat happy eyes emoticon – ^_^
Inspired by cats (or was it by Japanese culture? Perhaps both!) – these eyes show a completely content person who wants to share his or her happiness and warmth with others!

Facebook chat sad face emoticon – :(
It’s not all good online, and sometimes you want to share your sad smiley face with others, so why not use the sad face icon and make someone else depressed too!

Facebook chat robot emoticon – :|]
The coolest emotion of them all, the Facebook robot will make everyone jealous of you in your friends list!

Facebook chat Putnam emoticon – :putnam:
Once an engineer within Facebook’s chat division, Chris Putnam has become a legend by having his face plastered into the chat software. Pretty smart!

Facebook chat heart emoticon – <3
Another romantic smilie for chat, the heart is the one that you should send to your girlfriend on Valentine’s day and your Mother on mother’s day!

Facebook chat pacman emoticon – :v
Pacman, one of the coolest video games of the 1980’s, is now available to insert into your Facebook chats – show that you are the most retro of your friends!

Facebook chat glasses emoticon – 8)
People used to think that glasses meant that you were a geek, but these designer frames are better than that! It’s geek chic!

Facebook chat gasp emoticon – :o
Heard some shocking news and can’t believe what your friend has told you? Use this smiley and show them how amazed you are!

Facebook chat errr emoticon – :/
I’m not quite sure what you just said is true…errrr….

Facebook chat doh emoticon – >:-(
Homer Simpson would be proud of this one – the emotion that shows complete despair and disbelief!

Facebook chat devil emoticon – 3:)
This could be both an amusing emoticon for flirting with members of the opposite sex, or it could be something to show you think someone else is evil! Either way, the devil is flexible and you can insert it now!

Facebook chat crying emoticon – :’(
If the sad Facebook emoticon was not enough for you, why not really show that you’re depressed by using the crying smiley! Be careful, you might make everyone sad!

Facebook chat cat smile emoticon – :3
This guy looks super happy (I think that he might be curled up in bed like a cat!)

Facebook chat big smile emoticon – :D
Ah, the biggest smile of them all! It’s a classic smilie and no chat program is complete without it!

Facebook chat angel emoticon – o:)
For every devil, there is an angel, and here she is! The innocent and pure (and cute) emoticon is yours to use in Facebook chat right now!

Facebook Red 42 chat emoticon – :42:
Here’s the newest Facebook chat emotion – a red 42!

These are all of the Facebook chat emoticons that are currently available to use on the world’s biggest social network! If you find any more or have any advice, tips or information about these symbols and smileys, why not let us know in the comments?

We have seen that Facebook chat offers us many different options with regard which smileys and emotes we can use in our chats, but have you ever thought about which emotion or smilie is the best one? Which emoticon on Facebook do more people use than any other, do people send to only the people that they love or admire? Right now we’re going to run through the list of the five most popular icons for Facebook, and then you can weigh-in on the debate as to whether you agree or disagree with them!

The top 5 Facebook chat emoticons

Facebook smiley number 5 – Angel emote

A famous singer once said that women were like angels, and he was right. The angel emoticon is easily one of the top five, just because of the huge number of different messages that the beautifu llittle white princess can send. Boyfriends send it to their lovers to tell them that they still think they are pure, girlfriends send them to their lovers to try to assure them that they’re not lying (even when they probably are) – people even send them to their family members. It’s purity, innocence and chastity – the perfect smiley!

Facebook emotion number 4 – The devil symbol

Every coin, of course, has two sides, and the angel’s other side is the devil chat emoticon. The devil looks much cooler than his ‘holier than thou’ counterpart, and he is not afraid to show the user’s true emotions in Facebook chat. Done a bad thing? Let people know about it. Want to tell someone that you really think they’re a naughty person? Send this smiley and they’ll realise that you’re onto them!

Facebook chat emoticon number 3 – Pacman

Back in the 1980’s, the biggest video game star was not Ryu, Ken or even Super Mario – it was a little yellow faced man who ran around eating ghosts and trying to save his girlfriend from the evil clutches of various empires – he was Pacman! This game, which began in the arcardes, became a worldwide hit thanks to its addictive nature and fun gameplay – and now you can use a pacman emoticon in Facebook chat! Cool!

Facebook smilie number 2 – The big smile

Nothing says you’re happy like the big smile emoticon for Facebook. It’s a timeless classic, which lets the user know that inside you are so happy and enjoying life. This is the most important feeling you can have!

FB icon number 1 – The robot

Nobody can compete with the robot emoticon on Facebook for the title of ‘coolest ever’. His skin is grey, and it seems that he doesn’t show much emotion himself, but nothing encapsulates the art of being on the internet than this guy. He also can be used as an alternative to the standard ‘huh’ emoticon which people often use to try to figure out what the hell someone just said. Use this one in your chats today and see how people react!

There is the top five Facebook chat emoticons of all time – as chosen by members of the public, if you don’t agree with them then let us know what you think!

Many people have a problem with the fact that Facebook is so completely ingrained into our collective conscience. What was once a cool place to share photos with friends and family at University has now become a place for families to unite and for parents to keep an eye on their college-loving offspring. It has come a long way from the campus-based information and communication site that was its founder’s initial plan.

Over the last five years, it has not just been Facebook’s rise which has been so famous, but the fall of other social networks which once competed with the big blue and white monster. Myspace, once the crowned king of the internet (with the most popular website of them all, and traffic and advertising figures to match) has now become an afterthought, a joke made by ‘cool people’ who talk about what is now completely ‘out’. Their fall was due to a mixture of factors, one of which was the Facebook took the social network experience and made it ‘clean’ and thoughtful.

How did it do this? It removed the trash graphics, the email forwards, the glitzy text and served the public what they really wanted – information and communication. This first came in the form of ’status updates’ and wall posting. What is a status update? It’s something which Facebook users use to give information about what they are doing at any specific moment. Some also use them to share web addresses or funny websites which they think their friends might be interested in. This function on Facebook was completely new – it changed the face of messaging from ‘push’ (like email) to ‘mini blog’ (like now, Twitter).

Wall posting was similar – it was like walking over to someone’s own bulletin board and leaving a note for them. People would read other messages on their friends boards (also known as Facebook stalking) and then connect with new people. It was a cyber revolution. There was, however, always something missing – the live chat feature which some people thought would never be able to be integrated into a social network.

Facebook chat emoticons

That’s when Facebook chat was introduced. It had always been the intention of the biggest social network in the world to constantly keep innovating and evolving, to stay ahead of the curve. When they introduced their chat function many people thought that they had made a mistake – the beta process was a little slow and had errors – the javascript sometimes made the pages disappear or act strangely, but after ironing out all of these issues, it turned out that they had struck gold. Facebook chat was one of the most popular clients on the internet, and its fans were wild for its clean cut style and cool colours.

One thing seemed to be missing however – Facebook chat emoticons! Where were the colouful smileys and symbols that were in nearly every other chat client available on the web? Text emotions were ok to use for some people, but generally speaking it was unheard of for an organization to create software like Facebook chat and not include Facebook chat emoticons listed for people to find. So where were they? The answer was that they were hidden in the software itself! After hours of testing, users managed to find a full list of the icons available for use in the chat program, and many were surprised by the different types and styles.

We will provide more exact information about which emoticons for Facebook chat are available in a later post, but for now just know this – they are some of the coolest and most fun symbols around! You can find some standard ones such as a love heart, smiley face, angel and devil – but also some strange emoticons or rare ones like a robot emoticon or a shark smiley! There is even a penguin! Keep reading for much more information about Facebook chat emoticons and how to use them!