Hidden emoticons in Skype

Hidden emoticons in Skype are a separate set of emoticons, in addition to the standard ones. Few people know about them, but they can really be useful. We'll look at how to use them in this article.

Skype program, presented to users back in 2003 by Estonian programmers, today rightfully occupies one of the first places among free software products that allow users to communicate via text messaging, voice and video messages. It's easy to use. It is a tool for communication between employees and clients (messenger) in many companies around the world. When communicating informally, users often use emoticons, which are an image or a set of symbols. Emoticons are most often inserted to convey the emotions conveyed by the message.

A standard set of emoticons is available in the chat when writing a message. Just click on the smiley you like and it will be added to the message. At the same time, in the message typing window you can see the set of symbols (code) of the smiley. The simplest example: a face with a smile :).
In addition to the standard set of emoticons, there are additional emoticons, the image of which is not visible in the selection window. To add them to a message, you need to know the smiley code - a specific word in brackets. Knowing a certain set of words, you can always surprise your interlocutor by inserting into the dialogue an unusual picture that is not in your interlocutor’s list of emoticons.

Below are some examples of such emoticons:
- talking
- work from home (wfh)
- walking with the dog (toivo)
- football
- hitting my forehead against the wall (headbang)(banghead)
- bespectacled man in a hat (oliver)
- call
- talking (talk)
- letter (mail)(m)(e)
- error (bug)
- broken heart (U)(u)

If desired, the table of hidden files can always be found v lyubom browser through the Internet. Of course, the use of hidden emoticons is a communication feature, primarily for people who are good at computers and often communicate on Skype, a way to stand out from everyone and diversify communication.

Hidden ones also include emoticons of country flags. To add a flag image, you need to write a message like: (flag:), where the region of the country is two Latin letters of the generally accepted designation of the country. For example: (flag:ru) is an image of the Russian flag, (flag:ee) is the flag of Estonia. The number and type of standard and hidden emoticons is constantly changing. With the release of new versions and updates of Skype, new ones appear.