# Facebook emoticons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-emoticons/737575>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-emoticons/737575 "2015-11-14T17:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-emoticons/737575/1 "2015-11-14T17:10:41Z")

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I have used and enjoyed Facebook for years now, but there’s one thing I can’t quite get the hang of–their emoticons.  
A few of them are simple enough, but there are quite a few of them and nobody I communicate with on Facebook seems able to tell me how to produce most of them.  
Is there a guide to Facebook emoticons on the site, or anywhere else?

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-emoticons/737575/2 "2015-11-14T17:18:24Z")

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Yes. In fact, there are several, and they achieve varying levels of utility.

Google (or yahoo search, or ask jeeves, or, I dunno, alta vista) “Facebook emoticons” to find some charts you’d like to experiment with.