Test messages, when communicating on social networks and messengers, do not convey the fullness of the emotional state of the interlocutor. Therefore, the software developers have attended to the creation of a universal database of thematic pictures that correspond to the current mood of a person. Today we will talk about what is skype emoticons, consider the features of their appearance, variety.
Smilies in a new way
In the course of the story, we will consider what are emoticons and emojis in Skype, but for the sake of convenience, we will divide the further narration into several logical blocks.
Emoticons
In simple terms, the above term means a static or animated picture. It is used, like a smiley, to add more emotion to a text message.
With the release of each update, the standard base of emoticons is expanding, which adds zest to the standard phrases “we optimized the system, fixed many bugs”.
How to use emoticons:
The further procedure is not fraught with difficulties - the average user will find a use for a set of emoticons.
Emoji
Contrary to popular belief, the project in question supports animated images and even fragments of popular films.
The principle of adding objects remains the same, but the system implements a preview of the added moji so that the user does not get into a mess.
Hidden Skype emoticons
The developers have provided for the presence of hidden emoticons in Skype, which are activated only after entering a certain phrase. Below you will find a complete table of secret emoticons in.
In order to send a hidden emoticon, copy its code and paste it into the message input window, and then send this message to your interlocutor. The entered code is converted into a smiley: 
Skype Hidden Smileys Table
| Smile | Smiley description | Smiley code |
|---|---|---|
| Xmas sarcastic | (Xmassarcastic) | |
| Herringbone | (christmastree) | |
| Car | (car) (au) |
|
| Sparkler | (Sparkler) | |
| Confidentially | (confidential) (qt) |
|
| Notebook | (pc) (computer) |
|
| Poop | (poo) | |
| Games | (games) (ply) (playbox) |
|
| Umbrella | (umbrella) (um) |
|
| bug | (bug) | |
| Female | (woman) (female) (girl) |
|
| Man | (man) (male) |
|
| Demonstration of the buttocks | (mooning) | |
| Santa Claus | (dedmoroz) | |
| let's meet | (letsmeet) | |
| Fuck you | (finger) | |
| Old | (auld) | |
| Kind | (lang) | |
| Time | (syne) | |
| Pool party | (hrv) (poolparty) |
|
| In the toilet | (ontheloo) (onloo) |
|
| Matryoshka skier | (matreshka) | |
| Nile | (neil) | |
| Unsuccessful serve | (tennisfail) | |
| Gotta run | (run) (gottarun) |
|
| Musical bear | (mishka) (musicbear) |
|
| Can talk? | (canyoutalk) | |
| I'm bored | (tauri) | |
| I smoke | (smoke) (ci) |
|
| Red Square | (noviygod) (redsquare) |
|
| Christmas car | (xmascar) | |
| New year cry | (xmascry) (xmascrying) |
|
| Christmas heart | (xmasheart) | |
| New year woman | (xmaswoman) | |
| New year woman | (xmaswoman1) | |
| New year woman | (xmaswoman2) | |
| New year woman | (xmaswoman3) | |
| New year woman | (xmaswoman4) | |
| New year woman | (xmaswoman5) | |
| New year man | (xmasman) | |
| New year man | (xmasman1) | |
| New year man | (xmasman2) | |
| New year man | (xmasman3) | |
| New year man | (xmasman4) | |
| New year man | (xmasman5) | |
| Xbox | (xbox) | |
| Windows 10 | (win10) (ninjacat) (trex) |
|
| Word | (word) | |
| Excel | (excel) | |
| Access | (access) | |
| OneNote | (onenote) | |
| Publisher | (publisher) | |
| PowerPoint | (powerpoint) | |
| Skype for Business | (skypebiz) | |
| SharePoint | (sharepoint) | |
| Outlook | (outlook) | |
| OneDrive | (onedrive) | |
| Microsoft | (microsoft) (ms) |
|
| Internet Explorer | (internetexplorer) (ie) |
|
| GroupMe | (groupme) | |
| Bing | (bing) | |
| What's happening? | (!!?) (whatsgoingon) |
|
| What the hell? | (wtf) | |
| Man with dog | (toivo) | |
| Hanukkah | (hanukkah) | |
| Camera | (camera) | |
| Photographer | (zilmer) (priidu) |
|
| Teacher | (malthe) (mlt) |
|
| Snail | (snail) (sn) |
|
| Good luck | (gl) (goodluck) |
|
| Stop | (stop) | |
| Snow angel | (snowangel) | |
| Snowman | (snegovik) (snowbuddie) |
|
| Skype | (ss) (skype) |
|
| Santa bully | (santamooning) (mooningsanta) |
|
| Aircraft | (jet) (plane) (ap) |
|
| Drink | (drunk) | |
| Hourglass | (w8) (holdon) |
|
| Spoiler alert! | (llsshock) | |
| Island | (island) (ip) |
|
| Sheep | (sheep) (bah) |
|
| Wedding ring | (ring) | |
| Lyalala, I am not listening to you | (lala) (notlistening) |
|
| I work from home | (@h) (wfh) |
Skype country flags table
| Flag | Country | Skype code |
|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | (flag: ab) | |
| Andorra | (flag: ad) | |
| United Arab Emirates | (flag: ae) | |
| Afghanistan | (flag: af) | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | (flag: ag) | |
| Anguilla | (flag: ai) | |
| Albania | (flag: al) | |
| Armenia | (flag: am) | |
| Antilles | (flag: an) | |
| Angola | (flag: ao) | |
| Antarctic | (flag: aq) | |
| Argentina | (flag: ar) | |
| American samoa | (flag: as) | |
| Austria | (flag: at) | |
| Australia | (flag: au) | |
| Aruba | (flag: aw) | |
| Åland Islands | (flag: ax) | |
| Azerbaijan | (flag: az) | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | (flag: ba) | |
| Barbados | (flag: bb) | |
| Bangladesh | (flag: bd) | |
| Belgium | (flag: be) | |
| Burkina Faso | (flag: bf) | |
| Bulgaria | (flag: bg) | |
| Bahrain | (flag: bh) | |
| Burundi | (flag: bi) | |
| Benin | (flag: bj) | |
| Bermuda | (flag: bm) | |
| Brunei | (flag: bn) | |
| Bolivia | (flag: bo) | |
| Brazil | (flag: br) | |
| Bahamas | (flag: bs) | |
| Butane | (flag: bt) | |
| Bouvet Island | (flag: bv) | |
| Botswana | (flag: bw) | |
| Belarus | (flag: by) | |
| Belize | (flag: bz) | |
| Canada | (flag: ca) | |
| Cocos islands | (flag: cc) | |
| Republic of the Congo | (flag: cd) | |
| Central African Republic | (flag: cf) | |
| Congo | (flag: cg) | |
| Switzerland | (flag: ch) | |
| Ivory Coast | (flag: ci) | |
| Cook islands | (flag: ck) | |
| Chile | (flag: cl) | |
| Cameroon | (flag: cm) | |
| China | (flag: cn) | |
| Colombia | (flag: co) | |
| Costa Rica | (flag: cr) | |
| Cuba | (flag: cu) | |
| Cape Verde | (flag: cv) | |
| Christmas Island | (flag: cx) | |
| Cyprus | (flag: cy) | |
| Czech | (flag: cz) | |
| Germany | (flag: de) | |
| Djibouti | (flag: dj) | |
| Denmark | (flag: dk) | |
| Dominica | (flag: dm) | |
| Dominican Republic | (flag: do) | |
| Algeria | (flag: dz) | |
| Ecuador | (flag: ec) | |
| Estonia | (flag: ee) | |
| Egypt | (flag: eg) | |
| West Sahara | (flag: eh) | |
| Erythria | (flag: er) | |
| Spain | (flag: es) | |
| Ethiopia | (flag: et) | |
| European Union | (flag: eu) | |
| Finland | (flag: fi) | |
| Fiji | (flag: fj) | |
| Falkland Islands | (flag: fk) | |
| Micronesia | (flag: fm) | |
| Faroe islands | (flag: fo) | |
| France | (flag: fr) | |
| Gabon | (flag: ga) | |
| United Kingdom | (flag: gb) | |
| Grenada | (flag: gd) | |
| Georgia | (flag: ge) | |
| French guiana | (flag: gf) | |
| Ghana | (flag: gh) | |
| Gibraltar | (flag: gi) | |
| Greenland | (flag: gl) | |
| Gambia | (flag: gm) | |
| Guinea | (flag: gn) | |
| Guadeloupe | (flag: gp) | |
| Equatorial Guinea | (flag: gq) | |
| Greece | (flag: gr) | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | (flag: gs) | |
| Guatemala | (flag: gt) | |
| Guam | (flag: gu) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | (flag: gw) | |
| Guyana | (flag: gy) | |
| Hong Kong | (flag: hk) | |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | (flag: hm) | |
| Honduras | (flag: hn) | |
| Croatia | (flag: hr) | |
| Haiti | (flag: ht) | |
| Hungary | (flag: hu) | |
| Indonesia | (flag: id) | |
| Ireland | (flag: ie) | |
| Israel | (flag: il) | |
| India | (flag: in) | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | (flag: io) | |
| Iraq | (flag: iq) | |
| Iran | (flag: ir) | |
| Iceland | (flag: is) | |
| Italy | (flag: it) | |
| Jamaica | (flag: jm) | |
| Jordan | (flag: jo) | |
| Japan | (flag: jp) | |
| Kenya | (flag: ke) | |
| Kyrgyzstan | (flag: kg) | |
| Cambodia | (flag: kh) | |
| Kiribati | (flag: ki) | |
| Comoros | (flag: km) | |
| Saint Christopher and Nevis | (flag: kn) | |
| North Korea (DPRK) | (flag: kp) | |
| South Korea (Republic of Korea) | (flag: kr) | |
| Kuwait | (flag: kw) | |
| Cayman islands | (flag: ky) | |
| Kazakhstan | (flag: kz) | |
| Laos | (flag: la) | |
| Lebanon | (flag: lb) | |
| Saint Lucia | (flag: lc) | |
| Liechtenstein | (flag: li) | |
| Sri Lanka | (flag: lk) | |
| Liberia | (flag: lr) | |
| Lesotho | (flag: ls) | |
| Lithuania | (flag: lt) | |
| Luxembourg | (flag: lu) | |
| Latvia | (flag: lv) | |
| Libya | (flag: ly) | |
| Morocco | (flag: ma) | |
| Monaco | (flag: mc) | |
| Moldova | (flag: md) | |
| Montenegro | (flag: me) | |
| Madagascar | (flag: mg) | |
| Marshall Islands | (flag: mh) | |
| Macedonia | (flag: mk) | |
| Mali | (flag: ml) | |
| Myanmar | (flag: mm) | |
| Mongolia | (flag: mn) | |
| Macau | (flag: mo) | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | (flag: mp) | |
| Martinique | (flag: mq) | |
| Mauritania | (flag: mr) | |
| Montserrat | (flag: ms) | |
| Malta | (flag: mt) | |
| Mauritius | (flag: mu) | |
| Maldives | (flag: mv) | |
| Malawi | (flag: mw) | |
| Mexico | (flag: mx) | |
| Malaysia | (flag: my) | |
| Mozambique | (flag: mz) | |
| Namibia | (flag: na) | |
| New Caledonia | (flag: nc) | |
| Niger | (flag: ne) | |
| Norfolk Island | (flag: nf) | |
| Nigeria | (flag: ng) | |
| Nicaragua | (flag: ni) | |
| Netherlands | (flag: nl) | |
| Norway | (flag: no) | |
| Nepal | (flag: np) | |
| Nauru | (flag: nr) | |
| Niue Island | (flag: nu) | |
| New Zealand | (flag: nz) | |
| Oman | (flag: om) | |
| Panama | (flag: pa) | |
| Peru | (flag: pe) | |
| French polynesia | (flag: pf) | |
| Papua New Guinea | (flag: pg) | |
| Philippines | (flag: ph) | |
| Pakistan | (flag: pk) | |
| Poland | (flag: pl) | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | (flag: pm) | |
| Pitcairn Islands | (flag: pn) | |
| Puerto Rico | (flag: pr) | |
| State of Palestine | (flag: ps) | |
| Portugal | (flag: pt) | |
| Palau | (flag: pw) | |
| Paraguay | (flag: py) | |
| Qatar | (flag: qa) | |
| Reunion | (flag: re) | |
| Romania | (flag: ro) | |
| Serbia | (flag: rs) | |
| Russia | (flag: ru) | |
| Rwanda | (flag: rw) | |
| Saudi Arabia | (flag: sa) | |
| Solomon islands | (flag: sb) | |
| Seychelles | (flag: sc) | |
| Sudan | (flag: sd) | |
| Sweden | (flag: se) | |
| Singapore | (flag: sg) | |
| Saint Helena | (flag: sh) | |
| Slovenia | (flag: si) | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen islands | (flag: sj) | |
| Slovakia | (flag: sk) | |
| Sierra Leone | (flag: sl) | |
| San Marino | (flag: sm) | |
| Senegal | (flag: sn) | |
| Somalia | (flag: so) | |
| Suriname | (flag: sr) | |
| South Sudan | (flag: ss) | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | (flag: st) | |
| Salvador | (flag: sv) | |
| Syria | (flag: sy) | |
| Swaziland | (flag: sz) | |
| Turks and Caicos | (flag: tc) | |
| Chad | (flag: td) | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | (flag: tf) | |
| Togo | (flag: tg) | |
| Thailand | (flag: th) | |
| Tajikistan | (flag: tj) | |
| Tokelau | (flag: tk) | |
| Timor-Leste | (flag: tl) | |
| Turkmenistan | (flag: tm) | |
| Tunisia | (flag: tn) | |
| Tonga | (flag: to) | |
| Turkey | (flag: tr) | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | (flag: tt) | |
| Tuvalu | (flag: tv) | |
| Taiwan | (flag: tw) | |
| Tanzania | (flag: tz) | |
| Ukraine | (flag: ua) | |
| Uganda | (flag: ug) | |
| Outer Minor Islands | (flag: um) | |
| United States of America | (flag: us) | |
| Uruguay | (flag: uy) | |
| Uzbekistan | (flag: uz) | |
| Vatican | (flag: va) | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | (flag: vc) | |
| Venezuela | (flag: ve) | |
| Virgin Islands | (flag: vg) | |
| Virgin Islands | (flag: vi) | |
| Vietnam | (flag: vn) | |
| Vanuatu | (flag: vu) | |
| Wallis and Futuna | (flag: wf) | |
| Samoa | (flag: ws) | |
| Yemen | (flag: ye) | |
| Mayotte | (flag: yt) | |
| South Africa | (flag: za) | |
| Zambia | (flag: zm) | |
| Zimbabwe | (flag: zw) |
Sometimes it is not so easy to express your mood in words even to yourself, not to mention the interlocutor. For such a case, there has long been a proven tool for years - emoticons for Skype. In addition, these funny little pictures can significantly diversify and liven up any text dialogue or chat.
Emoticons have existed for a very long time - almost from the very appearance of the opportunity to communicate through correspondence online. Over time, users themselves have expanded the options for emoticons, so there were "roses", "surprise", "beer" and the like. Some of them are still in circulation. 
The developers of communication applications took into account the need of users for emoticons and very soon introduced the possibility of their graphical implementation. Now hardly any communication program can do without smiles. Moreover, their number and types are multiplying regularly. Skype was no exception.
| A monkey | (monkey) |
Skype emoticons
Skype emoticons can be divided into two types:
- traditional;
- "Hidden".
There are also two ways to insert them into a message:
- via the emoji menu;
- from the keyboard.
How to put an emoticon in Skype
The most obvious way is to select from the list of emojis. To do this, in the upper right corner of the text field, you need to click on a smiling face, after which a rather extensive list of available smiles will open. Moreover, they are divided into groups. In the latest versions, you can insert both traditional yellow faces and unusual ones. For instance, emoticon monkey.
What is remarkable, absolutely all emoticons are free, unlike some other communication services. If you do not want to wade through numerous pictures, you can enter the name of the smiley, enclosing it in regular parentheses. After sending the message, the interlocutor will see the corresponding picture.
| Icon | Name | Keyboard shortcuts |
| I smile | 🙂 :=) 🙂 | |
| I'm sad | 🙁 :=(🙁 | |
| Laughing | 😀: \u003d D 😀: d: \u003d d: -d | |
| Steep | 8 \u003d) 😎 B \u003d) B-) (cool) | |
| Wink | 😉 😉 ;=) | |
| I am surprised | 😮: \u003d o 😮: O: \u003d O: -O | |
| Crying face | ;(;-(;=( | |
| I sweat | (sweat) (: | | |
| No words | 😐 :=| 😐 | |
| Kiss | :* :=* :-* | |
| Tricky | 😛: \u003d P 😛: p: \u003d p :-p | |
| Cams | (yn) | |
| Blush | (blush): $: - $: \u003d $: "\u003e | |
| I doubt | :^) | |
| Sleepy | | -) I-) I \u003d) (snooze) | |
| I'm bored | |(|-(|=( | |
| In love | (inlove) | |
| Evil grin | ] :)\u003e :) (grin) | |
| Yawn | (yawn) | |
| Nauseous | (puke): &: - &: \u003d & | |
| Well, of course! | (doh) | |
| Evil | :@ :[email protected] :[email protected] x (x- (x \u003d (X (X- (X \u003d ( | |
| It's not me! | (wasntme) | |
| Celebration | (party) | |
| What to do? | (facepalm) | |
| Worried | : S: -S: \u003d S: s: -s |
It remains only to remember the names of the most frequently used emoticons in communication. Fortunately, it's not that hard. Their names are not hidden behind a set of tricky code, as in some social networks, but have, as a rule, quite human names. For instance, monkey in skype set as an emoticon by typing (monkey), and, for example, a sheep - (sheep). To get the freshest emoji, install and
On this page you will find a list of all Skype emoticons, their description and secret codes that you need to enter in order to send emoticons to your interlocutors. Here are listed, not only ordinary, but also hidden emoticons and even those that have been removed from Skype.For your convenience, a special form has been developed with which you can:
- Find emoticons for specific words. For example, if you want to find New Year's emoticons, enter "new year" in the search field and only those emoticons will be shown that contain this word in the name of the emoticon, in the list of labels or secret codes.
- Filter emoticons based on availability:
"All" - shows all emoticons without exception
"Hidden" - only hidden emoticons that few know about
"Visible" - emoticons that are present in the emoticon palette - Sort emoticons according to the properties you need.
For example, this allows you to show the most popular emoticons or the most recent ones at the top of the list. - Show emoticons only for a specific version of Skype. For example, use this option to find out which emoticons are supported by your Skype, or to make sure that the other person sees the emoticon you send. Please note that this is only a version of Skype for Windows.
- Smile. An animated picture (GIF) that is used in Skype chat. Please note that the speed and quality of the picture may differ slightly from the original smiley. If you want to see the full-size image, click on the name of the smiley.
- Description. The name of the emoticon with a link on a separate page where you can see the full-size emoticon and find details about it. Also, this column contains labels that describe the smiley and help you find similar smileys. If you click on a shortcut, only emoticons with this shortcut will be shown (in this case, you can select several shortcuts in order to narrow the list of emoticons). To exclude a shortcut from the filter, click on it again.
- The code. Typically, to send an emoji in Skype chat, users use the emoji palette. But there is another way - you can send the interlocutor a special code, which, when sent, turns into an emoticon (by the way, this is the only way to send hidden emoticons). Each Skype emoticon has one or more special codes and all are listed on this page (to show hidden codes, just click on the symbol ↓ opposite the desired smile).
- Version. Contains information about which versions of Skype for Windows support this emoticon. Examples:
* → means supported by all versions
2.3 / * → from version 2.3 to current
* / 3.4 → from the first version to 3.4
4.5 / 5.6 → from 4.5 to 5.6
There was a small commotion related to scams and spamming user accounts.
And most of the people fell for such an easy way of divorce due to ... Yes, you heard right - there are emoticons in Skype that are not displayed. And to see them - just enter a special code.
Secret emoticons in Skype:
: -B: tmi:: fubar:: rock: etc.
There are only 14 of these emoticons, you will see how to display them in Skype at the end of the article.
Now I want to tell you about how accounts are hacked and send spam via Skype. In most cases, after sending spam through your account, it can be automatically blocked by the system.
Quite unpleasant, considering that you didn't send anything. One fine day, sitting at yours, you receive a message on Skype with the following content:
"Hello! Do you want secret emoticons like (drunk) (rock) (finger) (mooning) (bug) (poolparty) (bandit) and others !? Then download them for yourself at the address below! (The following is a link) “
Many gullible users, seeing the opportunity to purchase new emoticons for free, immediately click on the link and launch. And they absolutely do not care that Skype starts to swear and report that some program is trying to gain access, they think that it should be!
After installing one, they quickly climb into Skype, in order to look at new secret emoticons, and, of course, find nothing!
In fact, you are not installing an add-on of secret emoticons, but malicious code that is embedded into your Skype, and you start to receive spam messages from you to your friends, exactly the same that you received. At the same time, the author of the malicious code can get a login and password from your account and calmly "spawn" it.
Therefore, be careful if you receive strange messages. This applies not only to messages from strangers, but also from your pen pals. Since their account could be exposed to malicious code. So, if you receive a suspicious link from your friend - do not be lazy to ask if he sent it.
Here is a list of the secret Skype emoticons:
(first comes the smiley face, then the code - write it in the program together with brackets, then a short description)
(finger) - well, just very indecent
(bandit) - bandit.
: -B (mooning) - oh, what are they showing us here ??
(toivo) - a man with a dog.
(headbang) - we break through the wall with our head.
(smoking) - puff
: rock: (rock) - rock and roll is cool!
(drunk) - drunk on the board.
(bug) - dung beetle.
: tmi: (tmi) - stop trying.
(swear) - matting.
: fubar: (fubar) - you do not have all the houses.
(poolparty) - I'll go for a swim.
(heidy) is a squirrel that chews on nuts.
(wtf) - "what the fuck?"
(zilmer) - uncle with a fotik
(o) - time
(wfh) - I work from home
(mp) - phone
(e) - you received a letter
(~) - movie
(punch) - punch
(hollest) - female legs
(flag: country quotation) - for example by - Belarus, lt - Lithuania, ru - Russia.
PS: if you know any other deception schemes or other secrets of the Skype program, please share with the people. You can leave information directly in the comments.
And most of the people fell for such an easy way of divorce due to secret emoticons in Skype... Yes, you heard right
Someone called emoticons "the great invention of mankind", and this is not an exaggeration. We can no longer imagine communication on Skype without these cheerful, gloomy, sad, friendly, frightened, surprised, thoughtful and God knows what, but always causing a smile, cute and attractive faces, each of which can convey a thought, emotion or the mood is sometimes better than a dozen or even 1000 words.
But the inventive messenger, accustomed to surprising its users with new features and surprises in every update, simply took some emoticons and "classified" them, and for the purpose of "conspiracy" gave them the name - hidden Skype emoticons.
Skype emoticons collection
Everyone knows that the necessary emoticon is selected from the palette in the message window, but that they are called by a combination of certain keys on the keyboard or a special word in parentheses that appear to the right of the names of faces and shapes when you hover the mouse, for someone it can become revelation.
The collection of emoticons visible in the Skype menu is represented by the following sets: "Smilies" (familiar faces with various emotions), "People and objects" (animated people and animals), "Special occasions" (Year of the Monkey, Eid al-Adha, Halloween, etc.) .d.) and "Recent" (Freshly added).
But there is also a set of icons "Flags" (miniatures of national flags of all countries), "Moji" (short video clips) and "Hidden Skype smilies", which for some reason are not in the menu.
Why should Skype hide emoticons?
But no matter how inventive these communication resources are, no matter how huge the variety and funny emoji figures are, it is rather difficult to be original in messages (that is, not to be repeated), because they are available to everyone.
And now, in the competition for clients, "the great messenger of all times and peoples" came up with hidden Skype emoticons, with which you can not only pleasantly surprise your friends, but also cause them "respect and respect" ("this is where he / she dug out such la, well, head off! ").
Any icon from the extensive collection of Skype can be added to the mood indicator (text field at the top under the avatar), which can be accessed by clicking on your username next to the "Change online status" list icon at the top under the menu, or by selecting "Skype\u003e Personal details\u003e Edit my details ".
By clicking on the line "Enter a message", you will open a text field where the code of a smiley or other icon is inserted, if the words are worthless. The mood is "fixed" by clicking on the checkmark on the right, but what does the cross do, there is no need to explain.
Can you tell me how to get to the secret Skype emoticons?
Where are the hidden Skype emoticons hiding? All secret Skype emoticons, like all other secrets, can be easily found, if you are not too lazy to ask for help (the "Help" item in the main menu in the "Skype" window at the top) in the friendly "Support Service" and just type in the search bar "hidden smilies ".
You will be "taken" to a page where you will have to click on the magic words "I am interested in the full list of emoticons", and you will see….
Full list of Skype emoticons
Here we will find a complete collection of smilies and a variety of icons, which were discussed above, including the mysterious "hidden Skype smilies", which the messenger advises not to advertise ("shh, don't tell anyone").
See how they look. The photo below shows a complete list of ready-to-use hidden emoticons.
Skype for business
As a rule, business Internet users who choose not an ordinary messenger "for everyone", but a paid version of Skype for business, while mastering a particular program, prefer native (English) versions of descriptions to translations, which are sometimes inaccurate.
However, even though they are business people, these users do not disdain emoticons either and are also interested in secret icons, entering magic words into the Skype support search bar, but already in English: "Hidden emoticons Skype for business" for business)".
But it turns out that hidden smilies are common to both versions of the program, that is, Skype for business perfectly understands the secret codes of the "popular" version of emoticons.
"Black cat" Skype
All "skypeists" are familiar with a pencil, which is displayed in our messages field when the interlocutor scribbles a reply or a message. But if the opponent is distracted, and at that moment a cat walks over the keyboard or an "advanced" child prints, instead of a pencil you will see a cat!
How and why, according to many users, the cat got into the hidden Skype emoticons, now no one can answer. The fact is that the set of "secret" emoticons does not include her, but a completely legal black cat with a white collar under the code name (cat): 3 "lives" in the "People and Objects" group.
This is how the prudent Skype "deeply conspired" a smile that can be created by randomly pressing and holding on the keyboard at the same time (or alternately holding the previous ones) several buttons, and the farther the buttons are from each other, the more likely a cat will appear.
The cat will raise its paw, wave its tail and quickly disappear, so it will not be possible to "send" it (that is, an abracadabra of letters).
True, not everyone has this effect, so do not be discouraged. Maybe it depends on the version of Skype.
By the way, about the versions. Maybe someone will find it useful to know that "Check for Updates" can be done by clicking on the "Help" item in the "Skype" menu at the top of the window.
Almost every new version of the program brings new faces and other pictures to the sets, however, there are some emoticons that the Skype developers are unlikely to ever make visible on the palette, since they sin with foul language, bad habits, some seasonal concepts, or simply duplicate already visible smilies.
Hidden Skype smilies: flags
Flags of different countries encoded with keyboard shortcuts form a separate group in the Skype smile gallery, but, in fact, they are also "classified", because they are not in the program menu.
With the help of the flag icons, you can "hint" to people in which country you live or where you intend to go.