= (heidy)And for those who are new to Skype, here are the other hidden ones:
= (mooning)
= (finger)
= (bandit)
= (drunk)
= (ci)
= (toivo)
= (rock)
= (headbang)
= (poolparty)
= (swear)
= (bug)
= (fubar)
= (tmi)Some explanations:
(toivo) = Toivo Annus is the name of a former Skype Staff member. He was head of engineering. His "signature" on the Skype Forum was "Dog ate my headset"!
(heidy) = is probably also a Skype Staff member or at least somebody related with Skype. I found this phrase on the Skype Blogs: "I just got off a video test call from a Lufthansa flight over the Atlantic on Boeing Connexion wifi service. I saw Heidy waving to me from the cafeteria in Tallinn."
(kate) = is an alternative to a known and shown emoticon. Try it! But who is this? There was a Skype Staff member called Kate. You can find her 3 posts under the Skype Forum name "Skype-Kate_"
(london) = is also an alternative to a known and shown emoticon. Quite funny!
55 comments:
There is another emoticon (poolparty), but you better dont ask about the reason for this one ;)
Hey Martin,
I know it, but perhaps YOU know the reason and could tell us what you know ;-)
Try also (flag:it) (flag:de) etc
Matteo,
Thanks for the hint, probably some readers don't know it, but indeed country flags are already available since several months as "hidden emoticons".
Indeed (flag:be), (flag:br), (flag:us), etc. are available in your chats.
wow!! this is so cool....love using sm of em on my skype chats..esp the bandit , swear and the rock one.....gr8888
thnksss
thanks for the squirrel smiley :D :D
You also forgot about MySpace...
(myspace)
The (myspace) was added months later compared to my original blogpost.
Thanks anyway to mention it.
Heidy is the office manager of the Tallinn quarters
Hello Central,
Thanks for confirming my suspicion that Heidy is a Skype staff :-)
i think i love youuu yooohooo, you just maked my Skype be more cool... thanks
Hola Crystal Gaz,
Muchas gracias por el comentario.
Estoy sorprendido y feliz que este blogpost es el que tiene mas suceso, si cuento la cantidad de comentarios que recibí!
:-)
What about Skype 4, are there any new hidden emoticons for this new version?
Thanks in advance
Hi Jean - thanks for all the background info on the emoticoms - do you know whom to contact re. a wrong flag icon? The Democratic Republic of Congo's actual flag is a light blue back with a yellow-red-yellow diagonal slash (from bottom left corner to top right corner) and 5-pointed star in the top left corner.
Cheers, Alx.
Hello Alx,
In my version of Skype (4.1.0.179) the flag of the RD Congo (flag:cd) is the right one. It could be that the version you use is an older one. You should know that the icons and emoticions are hidden inside the client. Therefore, if you have an old version, flags don't get updated.
Anyway thanks for the remark.
ever tried (myspace) ? ;)
Yes, this is really cool! And... Skype needs an emoticon for wine. There is beer, mixed drinks, but no wine :-(.
Anybody there taking requests?
I propose to add an icon for the spanish torero (bullfighter)
Cool this new skype stuff r amazingly good xD anyways the (bullfighter) unfortunately it doesnt work iff there is any more plz tell us :)
regards.
Anonymous lol....
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Thanks for your funny comment
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No, i don't know any more new ones ... although there is (myspace)
Hey Jean, awesome with the flags but what is the emoticon for the South African flag??
Hello Clive,
(flag:ZA)
Enjoy!
Actually, heidy is from heidi fleiss, the famous porn star that was take blowjob from the actor Hugh grant, that's why (heidy) is using to sow "blowjob: ;)
I dont believe a word of it Peter, but nice explanation anyway :-)
A flag for Pitcairn but no flag for the Isle of Man...and the Isle of Man has one of the world's coolest flags too! Oh well...
Heidi Fleiss was a Hollywood madam, it was Devine Brown with Hugh Grant.
very good, and useful!! thx!
umm iam new to this can you tell me how to use these
(e) is a letter
Thanks for the (e), and you can also try (tumbleweed) and (punch)
what is the emoticon for the flag of Antigua and Barduda?
(flag:ag)
Wow, my name is also Heidy, feels like a present!!! Thanks Skype team!
You are welcome Heidy, and yes, thank you to these guys @ Skype! (I am not Skype staff).
You are welcome Heidy, and yes, thank you to these guys @ Skype! (I am not Skype staff).
Usefull list here..... http://factoryjoe.com/projects/emoticons/
(london) should be (manchester) much more accurate!
Eh Kimberley, it could also be (Brussels) or (Ghent) ;-)
Thanks Jean! I'll be sure pack my brolly if I ever visit!
For the flag of Rwanda, please?
(flag:rw)
On a Mac you can go into package contents of the program, Resources / Emoticons, then show package contents of Animated Emoticons.SkypeEmoticonset. In there is Emoticons.plist, and you can remove the xml that hides certain icons (do a find/replace all in textedit), and even create new emoticons (save a gif and png under a subsequent numbered name in the same package content folder, adding the appropriate xml by copying and pasting toward the end of the .plist, then editing to match your new filenames) Of course you have to have your other contacts add the same files in their application contents... they can just copy the files you send them into the same location and restart Skype. Pretty neat trick that actually isn't too hard to do!
Thanks for the trick Paul! You have the same name as one of my brothers who is also a Mac user!
I updated skype and they no longer use xml in their plist... effectively making it harder to customize like I mentioned earlier, sorry
(phone) (call) (hollest)(clock)
(u) broken heart
clapper board, like they use to mark scenes in a movie (~)
Thanks for completing the list Stoned Silly ... the Hollest and the Phone I didn't know!
Also.. (so) - soccer -
Very Nice Osbert :-)
(plane) (aeroplane)
(island)
After me and one of my contacts found that we didn't have the same emojis anymore - I suddenly had more - and read about hidden ones, we tried to type lots of stuff in brackets, just to see and as a joke. Alas, only the two above seem to exist/work and are not in any list we found.
(hollest) doesn't work anymore. No more mini-skirted walking legs. Here's another list with hidden, standard, deleted and country emoticons.
http://www.skype.rs/
Hello Judith,
Thanks for your comments on my "old" post. Indeed some old emojis disappeared since Microsoft took Skype over, the American sense of humor or tolerance is quite different from the European ... so be it.
What is your Skype version, and on which platform are you working? Apple? Because (plane) and (island) do not work on my Skype 7.5.0.102 for Windows.
About the flag emojis, a helpful note is that the country name here follows ISO-3166 standard for country names with 2 characters - the same standard used for internet domain assignment per country.
Obrigado Eduardo,
não sabia isso!
:-)
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